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

Species Insara elegans - Elegant Bush Katydid

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Elegant bush katydid - Insara elegans - male elegant bush katydid? - Insara elegans - male Insara elegans - female Orthoptera 5.18.18 - Insara elegans - male Katydid Nymph - Insara elegans - female katydid - Insara elegans - male Insara elegans - male Tettigoniidae - Insara elegans - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
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 (Phaneropterine Katydids)
Genus Insara (Western Bush Katydids)
Species elegans (Elegant Bush Katydid)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Insara elegans (Scudder 1900)
Size
28-37mm
Identification
Tegmina either marked with a herringbone pattern or plain-colored. The latter form was designated by Rehn & Hebard as "Insara elegans consuetipes".
Range
sw US (s. CA-s. NV to s. TX, + CO / Mex. - Maps: SINA, and GBIF (1)
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
(2)
Internet References
SINA
OSF
Works Cited
1.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
2.National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Insects and Spiders & Related Species of North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2007. Sterling.
Contributed by Ethan Kistler on 31 July, 2007 - 3:06pm
Additional contributions by Hartmut Wisch, Mike Quinn, David Ferguson, metrioptera
Last updated 29 May, 2019 - 1:49pm

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