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Bombay locust

Patanga succincta (Johannson, 1763)

Status not recordedinsects

The bombay locust (Patanga succincta) is a species in the family Acrididae, order Orthoptera.

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Quick facts about the bombay locust

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bombay locust live?

Not recorded

Is the bombay locust endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the bombay locust classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderOrthoptera
  5. familyAcrididae
  6. genusPatanga
  7. SpeciesPatanga succincta (Johannson, 1763)

Synonyms Acridium ass-ectator, Acridium assectator, Acridium elongatum, Acridium rubescens, Acridium succinctum, Acridium zehntneri, Cyrtacanthacris assectator, Cyrtacanthacris fusilinea, Cyrtacanthacris inficita, Cyrtacanthacris rubescens, Cyrtacanthacris sternocardias, Cyrtacanthacris succincta, Cyrtacanthacris succinctus var. stenocardius, Gryllus succinctus, Locusta succincta, Nomadacris succincta, Orthacanthacris succincta, Patanga succincta

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • タイワンツチイナゴJapanese
  • Саранча индийскаяRussian
  • 條背土蝗Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bombay locust

Other species in the same genus Patanga.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the bombay locust?

The bombay locust (Patanga succincta) belongs to the family Acrididae in the order Orthoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bombay locust (Patanga succincta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bombay-locust

MLA

“Bombay locust (Patanga succincta).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bombay-locust.

BibTeX
@misc{bombay_locust_2026,
  title = {Bombay locust (Patanga succincta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bombay-locust},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}