Leaf-mimic katydid

Short description: Common name for several species of cricket-like animal

There are many insects in the family Tettigoniidae (bush crickets or katydids) which are mimics of leaves.[1] At a distance the katydid is an example of crypsis evading detection by blending into its background; up close the katydid mimics a leaf.[2]

This type of camouflage occurs in several subfamilies, among others including:

* Pterochrozinae[3]
* Phaneropterinae
* Pseudophyllinae

Other unrelated insects adopting a similar camouflage strategy include the leaf insects.

* Typophyllum laciniosum, Tambopata File:National Reserve, Peru

* Aegimia elongata

* Pycnopalpa bicordata, Trinidad

* Onomarchus kanara

## 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 (4): 99–103. doi:10.2307/3503464.
2. ↑ Endler, John A. (August 1981). "An overview of the relationships between mimicry and crypsis" (in en). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 16 (1): 25–31. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1981.tb01840.x. https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1981.tb01840.x.
3. ↑ Orthoptera species file (retrieved 13 January 2018)

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