This common alpine grasshopper is present in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and Switzerland.

The basic coloration of the body is bright green in both sexes, with longitudinal black stripes at the sides of pronotum, extended to the abdomen in males.

Femora of the hind legs are red on the bottom, while tibiae are yellowish in the females and black in males.

They can be encountered from late June through September, mainly in moist mountain meadows, wet clearings and open woods.

They feed on grasses, lichens, mosses and various herbaceous plants, with a preference for Vaccinium species.