Global InformationPhymateus aegrotus information
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Pyrgomorphidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyrgomorphinae |
| Tribe: | Phymateini |
| Genus: | Phymateus |
| Species: | P. aegrotus
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| Phymateus aegrotus (Gerstaecker, 1869)
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Phymateus aegrotus,[1] sometimes called the blue bush locust[2] or East African bush locust,[citation needed] is a pest species of grasshopper in the family Pyrgomorphidae. Unlike "locusts" the adults are not known to change their morphology on crowding, but at the hopper stage, marching behaviour of small bands may occur.[2]
- ^ Gerstaecker CEA (1869) Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Leipzig (N.F.) (Arch. Naturgesch., Leipzig (N.F.)) 35.
- ^ a b COPR (Centre for Overseas Pest Research) (1982) The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual. COPR, London, 690 pp.