Phaneroptera falcata
| Phaneroptera falcata | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Phaneroptera falcata, male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Genus: | Phaneroptera |
| Species: | P. falcata |
| Binomial name | |
| Phaneroptera falcata Poda, 1761 | |
Phaneroptera falcata, the Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket , is a species of bush-cricket belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Phaneropterinae. It is an herbivorous, and commonly measures 24 to 36 mm long. It lives mainly in scrub and grasslands areas.[1]
Distribution
Phaneroptera falcata has been extending the northern limits of its range in mainland Europe in recent decades. Vagrant adults are occasionally found in Britain, and a small, but apparently established, colony was discovered near Dungeness in Kent in 2015.[2]
References
- ↑ http://www.orthoptera.org.uk/account.aspx?ID=20 Species account
- ↑ "Newsletter 32, Autumn 2015" (PDF). Grasshoppers and Related Species Recording Scheme of Britain and Ireland. p. 9. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
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