PESTS OF SORGHUM :: Minor Pests :: Wingless grasshopper
19. Wingless grasshopper: Colemania sphenaroides (Acrididae: Orthoptera)
Damage symptoms: Nymphs feed on growing plants and adult feeds on florets, ears and defoliate.
Bionomics: The adult grasshopper is wingless, greenish yellow with blue-black antennae with purple band behind the eye and laterally on thorax. It lays eggs in batches in the soil at a depth of 6 cm during October and November. The eggs hatch in the following June and July during monsoon rain.
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