Catoptropteryx aurita Huxley, 1970

Hemp, Claudia, 2013, Annotated list of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) from the East Usambara Mountains Tanzania and new Tettigoniidae species from East Africa, Zootaxa 3737 (4), pp. 301-350 : 336

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.4.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5682382
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scientific name	Catoptropteryx aurita Huxley, 1970
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Distribution: East Africa (Huxley 1970).

Habitat: Hemp (2005); Hemp (2013a). Canopy dweller and common on most mountain ranges of East Africa in suitable habitats.

Ecology & Biology: Attracted to light at night in the East Usambara Mountains. Mostly herbivorous but caged males also fed on other dead orthopterans including its own species. Present throughout the year.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Orthoptera
Family	Phaneropteridae
Genus	Catoptropteryx

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