# Teratodes

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{{Short description|Genus of grasshoppers}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name =Hooded grasshopper
| display_parents=4
| image =Hooded_Grasshoper_by_Abhimanyu_Aradhya.jpg
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| taxon = Teratodes
| authority=[Brullé](/source/Gaspard_Auguste_Brull%C3%A9), 1835
| synonyms =
}}

'''''Teratodes''''' is the [type genus](/source/type_genus) of [grasshopper](/source/grasshopper)s in the subfamily [Teratodinae](/source/Teratodinae); species are native to [India](/source/India) and [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka) and are sometimes known as '''hooded grasshoppers'''.<ref name=OSF/>  It was established by the [French](/source/French_people) [entomologist](/source/entomologist) [Gaspard Auguste Brullé](/source/Gaspard_Auguste_Brull%C3%A9) in 1835.<ref name=OSF>{{cite web|url=https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/820510/overview|title=''Teratodes'' Brullé, 1835|author1=David C. Eades |author2=Daniel Otte |author3=María Marta Cigliano |author4=Holger Braun  |name-list-style=amp |publisher=Orthoptera Species File|access-date=2 November 2025}}</ref>

Hooded grasshoppers feed on tree leaves, and they can become serious [pest](/source/Pest_(organism))s of [teak](/source/teak_tree) and [sandalwood](/source/sandalwood).<ref name="dav">{{cite book|author1=B.V. David  |author2=T.N. Ananthakrishnan |name-list-style=amp |title =General and Applied Entomology|publisher =Tata McGraw-Hill Education|year =2004|page=794|isbn =978-0-07-043435-6|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=KHt-daXqZ-sC&dq=Teratodes+monticollis+%28Gray%29&pg=PA794}}</ref> Both the [nymphs](/source/nymph_(biology)) and adults of the species are dull green in color. The [pronotum](/source/pronotum) expands into a large sharp "hood" structure edged with yellow-orange, giving them the general appearance of a leaf.<ref name="anan">{{cite book|author =H.S Anantha Padmanabha|title =Pests and diseases of sandalwood plants in Nurseries and their management|publisher =Siri Agri Group|url =http://www.8am.in/sandalwood/pdf/pdf/sandalwood-sandalwood-diseases-sandalwood-nursery-sandalwood-plantation-hyderabad-andhra-pradesh-india.pdf|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120527061236/http://www.8am.in/sandalwood/pdf/pdf/sandalwood-sandalwood-diseases-sandalwood-nursery-sandalwood-plantation-hyderabad-andhra-pradesh-india.pdf|url-status =dead|archive-date =2012-05-27}}</ref>

==Species==
As of 2025, the following are listed in the ''Orthoptera Species File'':<ref name=OSF/>
# ''[Teratodes brachypterus](/source/Teratodes_brachypterus)'' Carl, 1916 - South eastern India
# ''[Teratodes monticollis](/source/Teratodes_monticollis)'' (Gray, 1832) - '''type species'''

thumb|center|''Teratodes'' sp.

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Acrididae
Category:Insects described in 1835
Category:Taxa named by Gaspard Auguste Brullé
Category:Orthoptera of Asia

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