Typophyllum spurioculis is a species of day-camouflage leaf-mimicking katydids belonging to the genus Typophyllum.[1][2] 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.[3]
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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
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| Binomial name | |
| Typophyllum spurioculis Baker, Sarria-S., Morris, Jonsson & Montealegre-Z., 2017
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Description
editThe legs on T. spurioculis have bright orange spots on them. Females of this species are larger than the males of this species.[4]
Camouflage
editThe camouflage of typophyllum spurioculis appear as if they are bite-damaged leafs. The body of T. spurioculis also have areas with necrotic spots.[3] Their camouflage is so effective that they look nearly invisible to the human eye.[3]
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c 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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