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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives (Tettigoniidea) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » False Katydids (Phaneropterinae) » Western Bush Katydids (Insara) » Elegant Bush Katydid (Insara elegans)

Species Insara elegans - Elegant Bush Katydid

Classification · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)
Infraorder Tettigoniidea (Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives)
Family Tettigoniidae (Katydids)
Subfamily Phaneropterinae (False Katydids)
Genus Insara (Western Bush Katydids)
Species elegans (Elegant Bush Katydid)
Size
28-37mm
Range
Southwestern U.S. ( southern NV; southwestern UT; southeastern CO; southern TX to NM, AZ, and southeastern CA) and Mexico.
See also distribution map: Insara elegans
Food
Various desert plants, though preferably Mesquite (Prosopis spp.)
Remarks
The nocturnal adults are generally attracted to light.
See Also
Creosote Bush Katydid - Here
Print References
(1)
Internet References
Photos and drawings at IFAS/UFl
Works Cited
1.National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Insects and Spiders & Related Species of North America
By Arthur V. Evans
Contributed by Ethan Kistler on 31 July, 2007 - 3:06pm
Additional contributions by Hartmut Wisch
Last updated 10 January, 2009 - 4:25pm

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