The lesser #marshgrasshopper #Chorthippus #albomarginatus is distributed from Scandinavia to Central/Southern #Europe, in #Germany mostly in the North. It prefers pastures/# meadows #habitats and is part of a closely related #speciescomplex (O. v. Helversen & V. Vedenina, 2009) and can eg #hybridize with C. #oschei (V.Vedenina, 2012).

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Ref
O. von Helversen & V. Vedenina, 2009
http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22119434-900000269

V. Vedenina, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01566.x

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