Oxya yezoensis

Oxya yezoensis
Female (left) and male (right), taken in Osaka, Japan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Oxyinae
Tribe: Oxyini
Genus: Oxya
Species:
O. yezoensis
Binomial name
Oxya yezoensis
Shiraki, 1910
Synonyms[1]

Oxya podisma Karny, 1915

Oxya yezoensis is a species of rice-field grasshopper native to Japan.[2]: 139  Referred to in Japanese as kobane-inago, it is a popular species of food insect, and is commonly cooked with soy sauce, sugar and sweet wine.[3]

References

  1. ^ Cigliano, M.M.; H. Braun; D.C. Eades; D. Otte. "Oxya yezoensis". Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
  2. ^ Chakravarthy, Akshay Kumar; Sridhara, Shakunthala (20 October 2016). Economic and Ecological Significance of Arthropods in Diversified Ecosystems: Sustaining Regulatory Mechanisms. Springer. ISBN 978-981-10-1524-3.
  3. ^ Mitsuhashi, Jun (19 December 2016). Edible Insects of the World. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-315-35088-2.


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