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title: "Nadobnik włoski"
description: "Calliptamus italicus — Owady i pająki. Calliptamus italicus, the Italian locust, is a species of 'short-horned grasshopper' belonging to the family Acrididae, subfamily Calliptaminae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/italian-locust
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Nadobnik włoski

> Calliptamus italicus — Owady i pająki. Calliptamus italicus, the Italian locust, is a species of 'short-horned grasshopper' belonging to the family Acrididae, subfamily Calliptaminae.

- Scientific name: *Calliptamus italicus*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola)
- iNaturalist observations: 13774
- Wikidata: [Q1675141](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1675141)
- iNaturalist taxon: [464211](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/464211)

## Names

- en: Italian locust
- de: Italienische Schönschrecke
- es: Langosta italiana
- fr: Caloptène italien
- nl: Rosevleugel
- pl: Nadobnik włoski

## Countries with the most observations

AT (2570), DE (1415), HR (1334), FR (775), IT (554), HU (403), CZ (363), RU (356), PL (322), SK (296), UA (204), LU (169)

## Summary

Calliptamus italicus, the Italian locust, is a species of 'short-horned grasshopper' belonging to the family Acrididae, subfamily Calliptaminae.
This species is native of the steppes of Central Asia, but it is also present in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in North Africa, and in the Near East.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliptamus_italicus

## Photo

![Nadobnik włoski](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/italian-locust/medium.jpg)

Photo: Liubov Ilminska · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/116820901

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/italian-locust?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).