Hesperotettix viridis, known generally as the snakeweed grasshopper or meadow purple-striped grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America.
Subspecies Hesperotettix viridis brevipennis (Thomas, 1874) Hesperotettix viridis nevadensis (short-winged snakeweed grasshopper) Hesperotettix viridis pratensis Scudder, 1897 (purple-striped grasshopper) Hesperotettix viridis viridis (Thomas, 1872) (snakeweed grasshopper)
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