| Eritettix simplex | |
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| Eritettix simplex, New Mexico | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Tribe: | Eritettigini |
| Genus: | Eritettix |
| Species: | E. simplex |
| Binomial name | |
| Eritettix simplex (Scudder, 1869) | |
Eritettix simplex, known generally as the velvet-striped grasshopper or velvet-striped locust, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Central America and North America.
