Italian Ornate Bush-cricket

Metaplastes pulchripennis

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Tettigoniidae

Metaplastes pulchripennis, common name Italian ornate bush-cricket, is a species of 'katydids crickets' belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Phaneropterinae. Distribution and habitat This species is present in mainland of Italy, in northern Sardinia, in Corsica, in northern Sicily and in northeastern Spain. It mainly inhabits woodlands along rivers, forest edges and flower-rich grasslands.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

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Italian Ornate Bush-cricket

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