
Pseudophyllus titan, the giant false leaf katydid (a name also used for a few other species), is a species of leaf-mimic bush-cricket of the subfamily Pseudophyllinae found in the canopy of tropical forests in Mainland Southeast Asia, Sindh, Pakistan, Bangladesh (the species' type locality is Sylhet), northeastern India (Assam and Nagaland), and southernmost China (Yunnan). It is among the largest species in the genus Pseudophyllus, which also makes it one of the world's largest Orthoptera, with a typical length of 13 cm (5.1 in) from head to tip of the folded wings and a wingspan of c. 23 cm (9.1 in).
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Giant false-leaf katydid 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
- Rhomboptera ligata
- Chloracris brunneri
- Onomarchus uninotatus
- Pseudophyllanax imperialis
- Zabalius ophthalmicus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Tettigoniidae
- Genus
- Pseudophyllus
- Species
- Pseudophyllus titan
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