La Palma stick grasshopper

An endemic La Palma insect linked to dry scrub.

La Palma stick grasshopper
Photorealistic generated fauna reference image.Canarias HistoriaImagen generada por IA; revisar antes de uso científico.

Identification

Scientific name
Acrostira euphorbiae
Family
Pamphagidae
Endemicity
Canary endemic
Conservation
Pending verification

An endemic La Palma insect linked to dry scrub. BIOTA provides taxonomic validation for Acrostira euphorbiae; the habitat recorded for Canarias Historia is: Basal belt, thermophilous scrub, cardonal-tabaibal formations and dry slopes.

Conservation status pending species-specific verificationLegal protection pending species-specific mapping

Habitat and distribution

Basal belt, thermophilous scrub, cardonal-tabaibal formations and dry slopes.

Taxonomy

taxonID
BIOTA:A04562
scientificName
Acrostira euphorbiae
taxonRank
species
kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Hexapoda
order
Orthoptera
family
Pamphagidae
genus
Acrostira

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