Phylliidae
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The family Phylliidae (often misspelled Phyllidae) contains the extant true leaf insects or walking leaves, which include some of the most remarkably camouflaged leaf mimics (mimesis) in the entire animal kingdom. They occur from South Asia through Southeast Asia to Australia. Earlier sources treat Phylliidae as a much larger taxon, containing genera in what are presently considered to be several different families.[1]
Quick Facts Leaf insects Temporal range: Eocene - Recent, Scientific classification ...
Leaf insects Temporal range: Eocene - Recent | |
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Pulchriphyllium from the Western Ghats | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phasmatodea |
Suborder: | Euphasmatodea |
Superfamily: | Phyllioidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 |
Family: | Phylliidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 |
Genera | |
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