migratory locust

noun

any of several locusts that migrate in great swarms, especially Locusta migratoria, of Africa and Asia.

First recorded in 1870–75

In the Argentine Republic a (possibly) distinct species (A. paranense) is the migratory locust.

The commonest and most widely distributed migratory locust is Pachytylus cinerascens.

The most destructive locust is the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria), which causes wholesale destruction in the East.

The Migratory-locust, Locusta migratoria, a rather small insect, is the most celebrated species of the family.

We will now pass on to the insect and its habits, taking the Migratory Locust as the type of its family.

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