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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) » Montezumina » Modest Katydid (Montezumina modesta)

Species Montezumina modesta - Modest Katydid

Classification · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Montezumina
Species modesta (Modest Katydid)
Identification
Very similar to the genus Amblycorypha. Head is smaller. Eye (in live specimens) has a bold dark diagonal stripe through it. Thorax and front of tegmina usually edged strongly with yellow on top.
Range
Eastern TX to Florida, north to Virginia (SINA)
BugGuide records extend this range to Ohio and New Jersey.
Habitat
Found in a wide variety of habitats. In north peninsular Florida they are found in both dry and wet habitats. In more northern states, most come from bottomland forests (1)
Season
Adults found mostly from June to August (1)
See Also
Amblycorypha
Print References
Nickle. 1984. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 110(4):559
Internet References
Singing Insects of North America
Works Cited
1.Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States
John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker. 2004. Cornell University Press.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 13 January, 2009 - 4:53pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, David Ferguson, metrioptera, Arturo Santos
Last updated 1 December, 2022 - 2:54am

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