Teratodes Explained

Teratodes, commonly known as hooded grasshoppers, is a genus of grasshopper native to India and Sri Lanka. It was established by the French entomologist Gaspard Auguste Brullé in 1835.^[1]

The type species is Teratodes monticollis, which was described by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1832 as Gryllus monticollis.^[2]

Hooded grasshoppers feed on tree leaves, and they can become serious pests of teak and sandalwood.^[3] Both the nymphs and adults of the species are dull green in color. The pronotum expands into a large sharp "hood" structure edged with yellow-orange, giving them the general appearance of a leaf.^[4]

Species

Three species are listed in the Orthoptera Species File:^[1]

• Teratodes foliatus (Herbst, 1803) [temporary name]
• Teratodes brachypterus Carl, 1916
• Teratodes monticollis (Gray, 1832)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Teratodes Brullé, 1835. David C. Eades . Daniel Otte . María Marta Cigliano . Holger Braun . amp . Orthoptera Species File (Version 2.0/4.0). 29 October 2019.
2. George Robert Gray. 1832. Georges Cuvier. Supplement on the Orthoptera. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization, by the Baron Cuvier, with Supplementary Additions to Each Order by Edward Griffith and Others. 15. 215. Whittaker, Treacher, and Co.
3. Book: B.V. David . T.N. Ananthakrishnan . amp . General and Applied Entomology. Tata McGraw-Hill Education. 2004. 794. 978-0-07-043435-6.
4. Book: H.S Anantha Padmanabha. Pests and diseases of sandalwood plants in Nurseries and their management. Siri Agri Group. https://web.archive.org/web/20120527061236/http://www.8am.in/sandalwood/pdf/pdf/sandalwood-sandalwood-diseases-sandalwood-nursery-sandalwood-plantation-hyderabad-andhra-pradesh-india.pdf. dead. 2012-05-27.