Oxya yezoensis | |
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Female (left) and male (right), taken in Osaka, Japan | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Acrididae |
Subfamily: | Oxyinae |
Tribe: | Oxyini |
Genus: | Oxya |
Species: | O. yezoensis
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Binomial name | |
Oxya yezoensis Shiraki, 1910
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Synonyms[1] | |
Oxya podisma Karny, 1915 |
Oxya yezoensis is a species of rice-field grasshopper native to Japan.[2]: 139 Referred to in Japanese as kobane-inago, it is a popular species of food insect, and is commonly cooked with soy sauce, sugar and sweet wine.[3]