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Brown locust

Locustana pardalina (Walker, 1870)

Status not recordedinsects

The brown locust (Locustana pardalina) is a species in the family Acrididae, order Orthoptera.

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Quick facts about the brown 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 brown locust live?

Not recorded

Is the brown 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 brown locust classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderOrthoptera
  5. familyAcrididae
  6. genusLocustana
  7. SpeciesLocustana pardalina (Walker, 1870)

Synonyms Pachytylus capensis, Pachytylus pardalina, Pachytylus sulcicollis

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • RooibaadjieAfrikaans
  • TsieTswana
  • BruinsprinkaanAfrikaans
  • KgopeTswana
  • segongwaneTswana
  • TsiakopeTswana

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the brown locust

Other species in the same family Acrididae.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the brown locust?

The brown locust (Locustana pardalina) 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). Brown locust (Locustana pardalina). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-locust

MLA

“Brown locust (Locustana pardalina).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-locust.

BibTeX
@misc{brown_locust_2026,
  title = {Brown locust (Locustana pardalina)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-locust},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}