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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) » Shield-backed Katydids (Tettigoniinae) » Tessellana » Brown-spotted Bush-cricket (Tessellana tessellata)

Species Tessellana tessellata - Brown-spotted Bush-cricket

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Habitat · Internet References
What genus and species is this katydid nymph? - Tessellana tessellata - female Katydid - Tessellana tessellata? - Tessellana tessellata - female Katydid - Tessellana tessellata? - Tessellana tessellata - female Tessellana tessellata (Brown-Spotted Bush-Cricket) Female - Tessellana tessellata - female Hopper - Tessellana tessellata - female Grasshopper species? - Tessellana tessellata - male Shield-backed Katydid - Tessellana tessellata - female Tessellana tessellata - 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 Tettigoniinae (Shield-backed Katydids)
Genus Tessellana
Species tessellata (Brown-spotted Bush-cricket)
Other Common Names
Tessellated Shieldback
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tessellana tessellata (Charpentier 1825)
Range
Introduced from southern Europe into California, spreading into Oregon and Washington.
Habitat
Dry grass meadows
Internet References
classification (Orthoptera Species File)
SINA
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 14 November, 2006 - 5:33pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Ethan Kistler, David Ferguson, metrioptera
Last updated 7 June, 2016 - 9:39am

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