''Gampsocleis glabra'' is a species of
bush crickets belonging to the subfamily
Tettigoniinae
The Tettigoniinae are a subfamily of bush crickets or katydids, which contains hundreds of species in about twelve tribes.
Distribution
The greatest diversity is in the Palaearctic region and many of the familiar European species of bush crick ...
. It is found over most of mainland Europe
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East to the Caspian and Black Sea.
Biology
''Gampsocleis glabra'' feeds on insects, sometimes grasses, heather and other plants in dry regions such as steppes, on nutrient-poor grasslands and in heathland with high grass cover.
References
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Orthoptera of Europe
Insects described in 1786
Tettigoniinae