Pterophylla camellifolia

Pterophylla camellifolia
File:Pterophylla camellifolia (common true katydid) (motel just south of Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, USA) 2 (17065137919).jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Infraorder: Tettigoniidea
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Pseudophyllinae
Genus: Pterophylla
Species: P. camellifolia
Binomial name
Pterophylla camellifolia
(Fabricius, 1775)

Pterophylla camellifolia, the common true katydid, is a common North American[1] insect in the family Tettigoniidae ("katydids"), in the order Orthoptera ("grasshoppers, crickets, katydids"). Within the Tettigoniidae, it belongs to the subfamily Pseudophyllinae ("true katydids").[2][1] Other common names include "northern true katydid" and "rough-winged katydid".[3]

Pterophylla camellifolia
Pterophylla camellifolia

The loud, rasping, three-pulsed song of the male of the nominate northern subspecies (“ka-ty-did”) is the source of the vernacular name “katydid” as applied to any tettigoniid.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
  2. ↑ bugguide.net Pterophylla camellifolia species information.
  3. ↑ Encyclopedia of Life Pterophylla camellifolia species overview.
  4. ↑ "common true katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia". Retrieved 13 August 2018.

Further reading

  • 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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