Phaneroptera falcata

Phaneroptera falcata
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Genus: Phaneroptera
Species:
P. falcata
Binomial name
Phaneroptera falcata
Poda, 1761
Synonyms
  • Locusta libellula (Stoll, 1787)
  • Decticus phyllopteroides (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846)
  • Phaneroptera sinensis Uvarov, 1933

Phaneroptera falcata, the sickle-bearing bush-cricket, is a species of orthopteran belonging to the subfamily Phaneropterinae. It is mostly herbivorous and commonly measures 24 to 36 mm long. It lives mainly in warm scrub and grasslands areas, also on dry shrubbery and in sand pits and gardens.