Oxya sinuosa is an East Asian rice grasshopper found around rice paddies and farm fields in Korea. It doesn't live in the US. Adults are yellowish green with a tan head and thorax, and they feed on the leaves of rice and other grasses.
Appearance
- Appearance
- About 1.2–1.5 in (30–38 mm) long, yellowish green with a yellowish-brown head and thorax. Two brown stripes run along the sides of the shield behind the head.
Where it lives
- Typical habitats
- Rice paddies
- Farm fields
- Grassy areas
- Range
- Eastern Asia, especially Korea. Not found in North America.
- Preferred conditions
- Lives near rice paddies and farmland with plenty of grasses.
Behavior
- Diet
- Leaves of rice and other grasses.
- Overwintering
- Overwinters as egg masses in the soil, each wrapped in a thin, glue-like coating.
Life cycle
- Reproduction
- One generation per year.
Name and classification
- About the name
- For decades it was treated as a subspecies of the Chinese rice grasshopper, Oxya chinensis sinuosa. In 2015 a review of Korean grasshoppers ranked it as a separate species again.
Conservation
- IUCN Red List
- NENot EvaluatedNot yet assessed
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