False leaf katydid (Orophus tessellatus)

Orophus tessellatus
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Phaneropterinae
Tribe:	Amblycoryphini
Genus:	Orophus
Scientific name
Orophus tessellatus (Saussure, 1861)
Geography
Native countries:
Costa Rica Belize Guatemala Honduras Colombia Mexico Panama Ecuador Nicaragua

The False leaf katydid (Orophus tessellatus) is a species of cricket or katydid in the subfamily Phaneropterinae (bush katydids).

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Identification

Identification resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
iNaturalist				View URL

Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceOrophus tessellatus

Habitat

Arbicole

Activity

Nocturnal

Sound

Stridulation

Flight

Strong flier

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Resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
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Specimen contributors for this species

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Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

• Peter Desmet — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

• Tim Adriaens — 1 specimen identified
• Holger Braun — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

Catalogue of LifeCONABIOEncyclopedia of LifeGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Google Knowledge GraphiNaturalistIRMNGNCBI taxonomyOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)Orthoptera Species File taxon ID (new)UMLS CUI