| Typophyllum spurioculis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Genus: | Typophyllum |
| Species: | T. spurioculis |
| Binomial name | |
| Typophyllum spurioculis Baker, Sarria-S., Morris, Jonsson & Montealegre-Z., 2017 | |
Typophyllum spurioculis is a species of day-camouflage leaf-mimicking katydids belonging to the genus Typophyllum. T. spurioculis lived in South America in the Andean cloud forest from western Ecuador, to Columbia in the middle central cordillera mountain range. They live in a habitat that revives 2000 millimeters to 4000 millimeters of rainfall and at elevations from 1850 meters to 2600 meters.
Description
The legs on T. spurioculis have bright orange spots on them. Females of this species are larger than the males of this species.
Camouflage
The camouflage of typophyllum spurioculis appear as if they are bite-damaged leafs. The body of T. spurioculis also have areas with necrotic spots. Their camouflage is so effective that they look nearly invisible to the human eye.
References
- "New Species of Leaf-Mimicking Insect Discovered in South America". Sci-News. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- "New insect species mimics dead leaves for camouflage". Phys.org. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ Baker, Andrew; Sarria-S, Fabio A.; Morris, Glenn K.; Jonsson, Thorin; Montealegre-Z, Fernando (2017-09-01). "Wing resonances in a new dead-leaf-mimic katydid (Tettigoniidae: Pterochrozinae) from the Andean cloud forests" (PDF). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 270: 60–70. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2017.10.001. ISSN 0044-5231.
- Evans, Cerri; Lincoln, University of. "New insect species mimics dead leaves for camouflage". phys.org. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
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| Typophyllum spurioculis | |
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