Pholidoptera littoralis is a species of insect belonging to the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Tettigoniinae. It is found from Greece across much of the Balkan Peninsula on to the Italian Alpine foothills, Switzerland and Austria to Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia, where it is less common.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Littoral Dark Bush-cricket being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pholidoptera femorata
- Pholidoptera fallax
- Eupholidoptera magnifica
- Pholidoptera pustulipes
- Eupholidoptera tyrrhenica
- Pachytrachis gracilis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Tettigoniidae
- Genus
- Pholidoptera
- Species
- Pholidoptera littoralis
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