List of locust species

This is a list of locust species. These are Orthoptera that swarm and cause significant economic losses to agricultural crops.

List of locust species

Australian plague locust nymph (Fourth stage)

• American desert locust Schistocerca americana
• Australian plague locust Chortoicetes terminifera
• Bombay locust Nomadacris succincta
• Brown locust Locustana pardalina
• Desert locust Schistocerca gregaria
• Italian locust Calliptamus italicus
• Migratory locust Locusta migratoria
• Moroccan locust Dociostaurus maroccanus
• Red locust Nomadacris septemfasciata
• Rocky Mountain locust Melanoplus spretus – extinct
• Spur-throated locust, Australis procera - Australia
• Tree locusts Anacridium spp.
  • Anacridium aegyptium
  • Anacridium melanorhodon
  • Anacridium wernerellum

Borderline species

• Senegalese grasshopper Oedaleus senegalensis - often displays locust-like behaviour in the Sahel region
• Sudan plague locust Aiolopus simulatrix - occasionally behaves like a locust in eastern Sudan

References

• Steedman, Alison (Ed.) 1988. Locust Handbook (2nd Edn). London: Overseas Development Natural Resources Institute, 180p. (ISBN 0-85954-232-7)