''Sphenarium purpurascens'' ( es,
Chapulín de
milpa
Milpa is a crop-growing system used throughout Mesoamerica. It has been most extensively described in the Yucatán peninsula area of Mexico. The word ''milpa'' is derived from the Nahuatl word phrase ''mil-pa'', which translates into "cultivated ...
and pt, Gafanhoto-do-milho, i.e., corn-field grasshopper), is a grasshopper species in the genus ''
Sphenarium'' found in
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
and
Guatemala.
The harvesting of the grasshoppers in Mexico
for human consumption can be a way for managing pest outbreaks.
[Harvesting grasshoppers Sphenarium purpurascens in Mexico for human consumption: A comparison with insecticidal control for managing pest outbreaks. René Cerritos and Zenón Cano-Santana, Crop Protection, March–May 2008, Volume 27, Issues 3–5, Pages 473–480, ] Such strategies allow decreased use of pesticide and create a source of income for farmers.
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Caelifera
Insects described in 1842
Edible insects
Taxa named by Toussaint de Charpentier
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