蝗こう虫ちゅう

noun

rice grasshopper (genus Oxya)

A specific type of grasshopper that feeds on rice plants; the term is technical and rarely used outside agricultural or entomological contexts. The cross-reference 稲子 (いなご) is a more common word for rice grasshoppers.

See also: 稲子

• 蝗こう虫ちゅうは稲いねの害がい虫ちゅうとして知しられている。

  The rice grasshopper is known as a pest of rice plants.

• この地ち域いきでは蝗こう虫ちゅうの被ひ害がいが深しん刻こくだ。

  In this region, damage from rice grasshoppers is serious.