Scudderia mexicana
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| Scudderia mexicana | |
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| Nymph of Mexican bush katydid | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Phaneropterinae |
| Genus: | Scudderia |
| Species: | S. mexicana |
| Binomial name | |
| Scudderia mexicana (Saussure, 1861) | |
Scudderia mexicana, the Mexican bush katydid, is a species of phaneropterine katydid in the family Tettigoniidae.[1][2] They are 30–38 mm in length and have slender wings. Nymphs have a horn between their antennae.[3] They eat leaves, including big-leaf mahogany.[4]
