Leaf-mimic katydid

Leaf-mimic katydid
Pycnopalpa bicordata, Trinidad
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Pseudophyllinae
Tribe: Pterochrozini
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895
Genera
  • Anommatoptera
  • Celidophylla
  • Mimetica
  • Ommatoptera
  • Paracycloptera
  • Porphyromma
  • Pterochroza
  • Rhodopteryx
  • Roxelana
  • Tanusia
  • Tanusiella
  • Typophyllum

There are many insects in the family Tettigoniidae (bush crickets or katydids) which are mimics of leaves.[1]

References

  1. ↑ James L. Castner & David A. Nickle (1995). "Intraspecific color polymorphism in leaf-mimicking katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae: Pterochrozini)". Journal of Orthoptera Research. 4: 99–103. JSTOR 3503464.


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