Australian plague locust

Australian plague locust
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Genus:	Chortoicetes
Species:	C. terminifera
Binomial name
	Chortoicetes terminifera; (Walker, 1870)
Synonyms
	Calataria coerulescens Sjöstedt, 1932 ; Calataria rubripes Sjöstedt, 1921 ; Calataria terminifera subsp. elegans Sjöstedt, 1921 ; Calataria terminifera subsp. fuscosanguinea Sjöstedt, 1936 ; Chortoicetes affinis J.A.G.Rehn, 1907 ; Chortoicetes yorketownensis Brancsik, 1896 ; Chortoicetes yorketownensis subsp. fuscus Brancsik, 1896 ; Epacromia terminifera F.Walker, 1870 ;

The Australian plague locust (Chortoicetes terminifera) is a species of locust in the family Acrididae native to Australia, where it is a significant agricultural pest.

Adult Australian plague locusts range in size from 20 to 45 mm in length, and the colour varies from brown to green. In profile, the head is higher than the thorax, and the thorax has an X-shaped mark. The legs have a reddish shank and the wings are clear other than for a dark spot on the periphery.