Editing Migratory locust (section)

{{Short description|Species of grasshopper}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Wanderheuschrecke-03.jpg
| image_caption = Female migratory locust
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| display_parents = 3
| genus = Locusta
| parent_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758
| species = migratoria
| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])
| synonyms =
* ''Acridium migratorium'' <small> </small>
* ''Acridium plorans'' <small> </small>
* ''Pachytylus australis'' <small>(Saussure, 1884) </small>
* ''Pachytylus migratorius'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758) </small>
* ''Pachytylus migratorioides'' <small>(Fairmaire & L.J. Reiche, 1849) </small>
}}
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[[File:Locusta migratoria -- Europäische Wanderheuschrecke.webm|thumb|Close-Up of a Locusta migratoria]]
The '''migratory locust''' ('''''Locusta migratoria''''') is the most widespread [[locust]] species, and the [[monotypic|only species]] in the [[genus]] '''''Locusta'''''. It occurs throughout Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Because of the vast geographic area it occupies, which comprises many different ecological zones, numerous [[subspecies]] have been described. However, not all experts agree on the validity of some of these subspecies. While it reaches plague proportions in drier areas, it is solitary in northern Australia savannas.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rentz |first=David C. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/ocm55753685 |title=A guide to Australian grasshoppers and locusts |date=2003 |publisher=Natural History Publications (Borneo) |others=Natural History Publications (Borneo), Australian Plague Locust Commission, Orthopterists' Society |isbn=978-983-812-074-6 |location=Kota Kinabalu |oclc=ocm55753685}}</ref>

Many other [[species]] of [[grasshopper]] with [[gregarious behaviour|gregarious]] and possibly [[Insect migration|migratory behaviour]] are referred to as 'locusts' in the vernacular, including the widely distributed [[desert locust]].

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