''Tettigonia caudata'' is a species of bush-crickets belonging to 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 ...

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 Europe mainly in the East (it is absent from France and Spain).

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The males of this species prefer to inhabit tall and dense vegetation. This mesohabitat can be compared to that of the T. viridissima which it competes with.

References

Reference information

Reference number one was provided by the journal ''Biologia'' which publishes research papers covering botany, zoology, and cellular biology. {{Taxonbar, from=Q307266 Orthoptera of Europe Tettigoniinae Insects described in 1842