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Cornfield grasshopper

Sphenarium purpurascens Charpentier, 1845

Status not recordedinsects

The cornfield grasshopper (Sphenarium purpurascens) is a species in the family Pyrgomorphidae, order Orthoptera.

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Quick facts about the cornfield grasshopper

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

Where does the cornfield grasshopper live?

Not recorded

Is the cornfield grasshopper 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 cornfield grasshopper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderOrthoptera
  5. familyPyrgomorphidae
  6. genusSphenarium
  7. SpeciesSphenarium purpurascens Charpentier, 1845

Synonyms Sphenarium purpurascens purpurascens, Sphenarium purpurasceus

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Chapulín de la milpaSpanish
  • Gafanhoto-do-milhoPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cornfield grasshopper

Other species in the same genus Sphenarium.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the cornfield grasshopper?

The cornfield grasshopper (Sphenarium purpurascens) belongs to the family Pyrgomorphidae in the order Orthoptera.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cornfield grasshopper (Sphenarium purpurascens). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cornfield-grasshopper

MLA

“Cornfield grasshopper (Sphenarium purpurascens).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cornfield-grasshopper.

BibTeX
@misc{cornfield_grasshopper_2026,
  title = {Cornfield grasshopper (Sphenarium purpurascens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cornfield-grasshopper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}