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Linnaeus Pseudophasma

Pseudophasma phthisicum

Classification

Class
Insecta

Phyllium siccifolium (from Greek φύλλον = leaf and Latin siccus = dry, folium = leaf – 'dry leaf') is the species of the leaf insects (Phyllioidea) known to science for the longest time. It was described by Carl von Linné as early as 1758 and is thus, along with Phasma gigas and Pseudophasma phthisicus, one of the three first described Stick Insect species. The species is called Linnaeus' Leaf Insect in honor of its species describer.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 183