Hooded grasshopper | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Informal group: | Acridomorpha |
Superfamily: | Acridoidea |
Family: | Acrididae |
Subfamily: | Teratodinae |
Genus: | Teratodes Brullé, 1835 |
Teratodes, commonly known as hooded grasshoppers, is a genus of grasshopper native to India and Sri Lanka.[1] It was established by the French entomologist Gaspard Auguste Brullé in 1835.[1]
The type species is Teratodes monticollis, which was described by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1832 as Gryllus monticollis.[2]
Hooded grasshoppers feed on tree leaves, and they can become serious pests of teak and sandalwood.[3] Both the nymphs and adults of the species are dull green in color. The pronotum expands into a large sharp "hood" structure edged with yellow-orange, giving them the general appearance of a leaf.[4]