Tylopsis lilifolia

Lily leaf - sickle cricket ( Tylopsis lilifolia )

The lily leaf - sickle cricket ( Tylopsis lilifolia ) belongs within the subordination of Ensifera to the subfamily of sickle terror ( Phaneropterinae ).

Features

The lily leaf - sickle cricket is similar in physique other sickle Fright species. Her legs are long and thin and wear on the lower legs small spines. The sensor being longer than the body. In contrast to all other Central European sickle terror this has a slit- shaped hearing organ. The wings project beyond the body far. The ground color varies from light brown to olive green to light green. From the back of the head on pronotum and wing roots, a broad brown, light yellow margined band pulls. The edge of the pronotum cloth is white to light yellow. From the eye to the wings, a white line draws. Also on the wings contain such lines. On the inside of the hind leg is a white stripe. The ovipositor of the female is short, high and curved upwards.

Lifestyle and dissemination

The lily leaf - sickle cricket is often found on plants sitting. In their area of ​​distribution it is quite common. She comes around the Mediterranean ago - northern border is South Tyrol - and inhabited sunny meadows, forest edges and other landscapes with plenty of vegetation. She is in Europe in Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia - in Southwest Asia on the Crimean peninsula, in Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey - spread.