Phaneroptera falcata

Phaneroptera falcata
Phaneroptera falcata, male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Tribe: Phaneropterini
Genus: Phaneroptera
Species:
P. falcata
Binomial name
Phaneroptera falcata
Poda, 1761
Synonyms
  • Locusta libellula (Stoll, 1787)
  • Decticus phyllopteroides (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846)
  • Phaneroptera sinensis Uvarov, 1933
Sound of Phaneroptera falcata
Field recording in the Netherlands 26s
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Phaneroptera falcata, the sickle-bearing bush-cricket, is a species of Orthopterans belonging to the subfamily Phaneropterinae. It is mostly herbivorous and commonly measures 24 to 36 mm long. It lives mainly in warm scrub and grasslands areas,[1] also on dry shrubbery and in sand pits and gardens.

Close-Up of a Phaneroptera falcata
  1. ^ "Phaneroptera falcata (Poda, 1761)". Orthoptera and Allied Insects. Retrieved 11 May 2016.