Tenodera angustipennis is a species of mantis native to Asia and nearby areas of Oceania. The species was introduced and became established in the eastern United States. Tenodera angustipennis was noticed as early as 1921 in Aberdeen, Maryland, but that occurrence was not noted in a published record until 1933.

Etymology This species has two common names, narrow-winged mantis and Japanese mantis, in English.http://bugguide.net/node/view/214178 Bugguide.net Page: Info: Species Tenodera angustiepennis This insect is known as チョウセンカマキリ (translates to "Korean mantis") in the Japanese language and 참사마귀, (an alternative name which translates to "true mantis"), as well as just plain 사마귀 (a formal name) in the Korean language (사마귀 can mean the whole order of Mantodea or this specific species of praying mantis).

The generic name Tenodera is from Greek meaning "slender neck", and the specific name angustipennis is from Latin meaning "narrow wing".http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wordz.pl?keyword=pennis / William Whitaker's Words

Description

Adults and nymphs Size: Males are 65~80 mm, and females are 68~85 mm in length. T. angustipennis is often brown or green and has a more elongated pronotum and shorter, narrower tegmina and wings than Tenodera sinensis. T. angustipennis has a brown, patterned streak on each of its transparent hind wings, while T. sinensis has hind wings that are completely patterned and brown.http://bugguide.net/node/view/344166 Bugguide.net By Bugguide user Richard Throne. Title: Tenodera angustipennis (narrow winged mantis). Location: Pitt County, North Carolina, USA. Date: September 26, 2009. The person's description about this Bugguide photo: "Note the clear wings and the more pointy shape. This is one way to distinguish this species from Tenodera sinensis." http://bugguide.net/node/view/576042 Bugguide.net By Bugguide user ADeczynski. Title: Tenodera angustipennis - Tenodera aridifolia sinensis comparison male. Location: Newark, New Castle County, Delaware, USA. The Chinese mantis is thicker or more stocky than the narrow-winged mantis. Distinguishing between the adults of these two species, T. angustipennis and T. sinensis, is easier when the two species are placed side by side.

Ootheca The oothecae of Tenodera angustipennis are elongated, about 40 to 60 mm long and about 14 mm in diameter and are sometimes mistaken to be Stagmomantis carolina oothecae.http://bugguide.net/node/view/501536/bgimage Bugguide.net: By Bugguide User Link Davis, Title: Ootheca, From: Schwenksville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA, Date: June 18, 2008 T. angustipennis oothecae probably hatch around 1 to 2 weeks later than T. sinensis.

Range This species occurs in China, Hawaii, India, Title: Updated Checklist of India Mantodea (Insecta) Authors: Mukherjee et al. Date:1995 Java, Korean Peninsula, Ulleung-do, Jejudo, Taiwan, Vietnam, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima Island, and Okinawa Island. Its non-native range in the United States include: Delaware,http://bugguide.net/node/view/576034/bgimage Bugguide.net By Bugguide user ADeczynski. Title: Tenodera angustipennis. Location: Newark, New Castle County, Delaware, USA. Date: September 1, 2011. Maryland,http://bugguide.net/node/view/880800/bgimage Bugguide.net By Bugguide user Benjamin JD. Title: Narrow-winged Mantis. Location: Parkville, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA. Date: September 19, 2013. Description about this Bugguide photo: "Mantis with bright orange spot between front praying legs."New York, North Carolina, New Jersey,http://bugguide.net/node/view/67578/bgimage Bugguide.net By Bugguide user Paul Krombholz. Title: Tenodera angustipennis, mating pair. Location: New Jersey, USA. The person's description about this Bugguide photo: "These are lab-reared mantids, but their ancestors were collected in New Jersey, near Princeton University in a field where both T. sinensis and T. angustipennis existed. How do you tell them apart? The differences are subtle. T. angustipennis is a bit slenderer than sinensis, the green borders of the wings are narrower, The colors are slightly different in both green and brown forms. Sinensis green is a little bluer and sinensis brown is darker and a little more yellow. T. angustipennis has an orange spot bordered in black between the forelegs (used in threat display), and sinensis has yellow, instead of orange. The egg cases are very different, that of sinensis being large and puffy, and that of angustipennis being flattened with very little foam material." Ohio, Pennsylvania,http://bugguide.net/node/view/861831/bgimage Bugguide.net By Bugguide user Bill Keim . Title: Narrow-winged Mantis. Location: Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: November 2, 2013. and Virginia.

Habitat The oothecae are often laid on twigs of shrubs or stems of tall herbs, but in field margins, tree trunks and fence posts seemingly are preferred. In some areas T. angustipennis is just as common as T. sinensis.

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See also List of mantis genera and species

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