Microcentrum rhombifolium

Microcentrum rhombifolium is a species of insect in the family Tettigoniidae.[1][2] Common names include greater angle-wing katydid, broad-winged katydid, and angular-winged katydid.[3][4][5] They live across North America in trees and shrubs.[2][1] Adults reach 50–65 millimetres (2.0–2.6 in) in length and are rhombus-shaped. Their green coloration mimics leaves. Adults are active in late summer and autumn and have a "ticking" call.[5]

Microcentrum rhombifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Genus: Microcentrum
Species:
M. rhombifolium
Binomial name
Microcentrum rhombifolium
(Saussure, 1859)
Microcentrum rhombifolium

References

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  1. ^ a b bugguide.net Microcentrum rhombifolium species information.
  2. ^ a b Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
  3. ^ Insects of the Texas Lost Pines (W.L. Moody, Jr., Natural History Series, No. 33), Stephen W. Taber, Scott B. Fleenor. 2003. M University Press.
  4. ^ Encyclopedia of Life Microcentrum rhombifolium species overview.
  5. ^ a b Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. p. 96. ISBN 9780520288744.

Further reading

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  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States, Capinera, Scott, Walker. 2004. Cornell University Press.
  • Otte, Daniel (1997). Tettigonioidea. Orthoptera Species File 7, 373.
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