Phase-Dependent Color Polyphenism in Field Populations of Red Locust Nymphs (Nomadacris septemfasciata Serv.) in Madagascar

Table 1

Color characteristics of the four hopper types.

	Hopper types
Characters	Solitarious	Solitaro-transiens	Transiens	Gregarious
	d<10/m^2	d=10-70/m^2	d=70-100/m^2	d>100/m^2
E	0	0-1-2	1-2	2
H	0	0-1	0-1	2
GC	green or brown	green, green-orange, yellow or orange	orange	orange
CP	0-1	1-2	2	2
LP	0	0	0-1-2	2
GP	green or yellow	green or yellow	yellow	yellow
W	0	0	1	2
F	0	1	2	2

E: compound eye; H: cephalic capsule; GC: general pigmentation of the cephalic capsule; CP: median carina of pronotum; LP: lateral black spot of pronotum; GP: general pigmentation of the pronotum; W: wings rudiments; F: black spot on hind femur.