There are many

insect Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs ...

s in the family

Tettigoniidae Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America), or bush crickets. They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers". More than 8,000 species are known. Part of the suborder Ensifera, t ...

(bush crickets or katydids) which are

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of leaves. This type of

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occurs in several subfamilies including the: * PterochrozinaeOrthoptera species file (retrieved 13 January 2018)
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Pseudophyllinae The subfamily Pseudophyllinae contains numerous species in the family Tettigoniidae, the katydids or bush crickets. Sometimes called "true katydids", together with the crickets of suborder Ensifera, they form part of the insect order Orthoptera ...

Other unrelated insects adopting a similar camouflage strategy include the leaf insects.

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Phyllium ''Phyllium''Illiger (1798) ''Verzeichnis der Käfer Preussens'' 499. is the largest and most widespread genus of leaf insects in the family Phylliidae ( Phasmatodea). They can be found in Sundaland, Philippine Islands, Wallacea, and Australasi ...

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References

Tettigoniidae Insect common names {{Tettigoniidae-stub