Moncheca pretiosa

Moncheca is a genus of relatively large, colorful conehead katydids in the tribe Copiphorini, native to the Neotropics. Description and distribution Moncheca inhabit humid forests in lowland and highlands (up to at least 2,735 m [8,973 ft] altitude) of tropical Mexico, Central America and South America. Moncheca and the closely related Vestria, which both are known as crayola katydids, have bright aposematic colors and are among the few katydid genera to use chemical defenses against predators.

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Moncheca es un género de saltamontes longicornios de la subfamilia Conocephalinae. Se distribuye en los bosques tropicales de México, Centroamérica y Sudamérica.