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Horned conehead

Copiphora cornuta

Classification

Class
Insecta

Copiphora is a genus of bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Copiphorinae (coneheads) from southern Mexico, Central America and South America, with a single doubtful species, C. subulata, from Africa. Copiphora are typically fairly large nocturnal katydids with a conspicuous horn-like structure on the top of their head (indistinct in a few species).

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 5