| Cornops aquaticum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Leptysminae |
| Tribe: | Tetrataeniini |
| Genus: | Cornops |
| Species: | C. aquaticum
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| Binomial name | |
| Cornops aquaticum (Bruner, 1906)
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Cornops aquaticum is a semiaquatic species of grasshopper native to the Neotropics, from southern Mexico south to central Argentina and Uruguay.[1] It feeds and breeds exclusively on members of the aquatic plant family Pontederiaceae, especially water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), and is being investigated as a possible biological pest control agent for the water hyacinth in countries where that plant is invasive.[2]
Although its semiaquatic behavior is unusual, it is not unique. In South America alone there are more than 50 species of orthopterans that are associated with water, including a few relatively well-known species like Paulinia acuminata, which is used for control of the plant Salvinia molesta.[3]
- ^ S. Capello; M.L. de Wysiecki; M. Marchese (2011). "Feeding patterns of the aquatic grasshopper Cornops aquaticum (Bruner) (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in the middle Paraná river, Argentina". Neotropical Entomology. 40 (2): 170–175. PMID 21584396.
- ^ Joachim Adis; Carlos F. Sperber; Edward G. Brede; Soledad Capello; Maria Celeste Franceschini; Martin Hill; Marcos G. Lhano; Marinê. A; M. Marques; Ana L. Nunes; Perry Polar (2008). "Morphometric differences in the grasshopper Cornops aquaticum (Bruner, 1906) from South America and South Africa". Journal of Orthoptera Research. 17 (2): 141–147. doi:10.1665/1082-6467-17.2.141. hdl:11336/38330. S2CID 84588085.
- ^ James H. Thorp; D. Christopher Rogers, eds. (2015). Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates: Ecology and General Biology. Vol. I (4th ed.). Elsevier. p. 1070. ISBN 978-0-12-385026-3.