genus

Esselenia

Field notes

Esselenia is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There is one described species in Esselenia, E. vanduzeei.

Esselenia vanduzeei has two described subspecies:

Esselenia vanduzeei vanduzeei Hebard, 1920

Esselenia vanduzeei violae Rentz, 1966

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Native to the US, by observations.