Pylaemenes mitratus

Pylaemenes mitratus
Pylaemenes mitratus pair from Kota Bharu
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Superfamily: Bacilloidea
Family: Heteropterygidae
Subfamily: Dataminae
Genus: Pylaemenes
Species:
P. mitratus
Binomial name
Pylaemenes mitratus
(Redtenbacher, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Datames mitratus Redtenbacher, 1906
  • Datames arietinus Redtenbacher, 1906

Pylaemenes mitratus is a species of stick insects (Phasmatodea) native to Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. The species is also known by the common name Money Plant Stick Insect, which refers to the most well-known food plants, Epipremnum aureum, which is also known as money plant.