Oxya yezoensis
Appearance
Oxya yezoensis | |
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Female (left) and male (right), taken in Osaka, Japan | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Acrididae |
Subfamily: | Oxyinae |
Tribe: | Oxyini |
Genus: | Oxya |
Species: | O. yezoensis
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Binomial name | |
Oxya yezoensis Shiraki, 1910
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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
[edit]- ^ Cigliano, M.M.; H. Braun; D.C. Eades; D. Otte. "Oxya yezoensis". Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mitsuhashi, Jun (19 December 2016). Edible Insects of the World. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-315-35088-2.