What is Corn-field grasshopper?
{{Speciesbox | image = Sphenarium purpurascens.jpg | image_caption = [[Chapulines|Chapulín]] de la milpa (''Sphenarium purpurascens'') | genus = Sphenarium | species = purpurascens | authority = [[Toussaint de Charpentier|Charpentier]], 1842 | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision = ''Sphenarium purpurascens minimum'' Bruner, L. 1906 <br>''Sphenarium purpurascens purpurascens'' Charpentier, 1842 }} '''''Sphenarium purpurascens''''' ({{lang-es|[[Chapulines|Chapulín]] de [[milpa]]}} and {{lang-pt|Gafanhoto-do-milho}}, i.e., corn-field grasshopper), is a grasshopper species in the genus ''[[Sphenarium]]'' found in [[Mexico]] and [[Guatemala]]. The harvesting of the grasshoppers in Mexico [[Entomophagy in humans|for human consumption]] can be a way for managing pest outbreaks.<ref>Harvesting grasshoppers Sphenarium purpurascens in Mexico for human consumption: A comparison with insecticidal control for managing pest outbreaks. René Cerritos and Zenón Cano-Santana, Crop Protection, March–May 2008, Volume 27, Issues 3–5, Pages 473–480, {{doi|10.1016/j.cropro.2007.08.001}}</ref> Such strategies allow decreased use of pesticide and create a source of income for farmers. == References == {{Reflist}} == Other websites == {{commons category}} *{{wikispecies-inline}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q3183722}} [[Category:National symbols of Mexico]]