Schistocerca gregaria is the correct scientific name for the Bombay locust (also known as the desert locust). Nomadacris succincta is the Red locust, Locusta migratoria is the migratory locust, and Chortoicetes terminifera is the Australian plague locust.
The scientific name of Bombay locust is
Asked in Agri. Officer 2020 · Topic: Taxonomy (Principles and Rules of Biological Nomenclature (Binomial, ICBN, ICZN))
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