Microcentrum rhombifolium is a species of insect in the family Tettigoniidae.bugguide.net Microcentrum rhombifolium species information.Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Common names include greater angle-wing katydid, broad-winged katydid, and angular-winged katydid.Insects of the Texas Lost Pines (W.L. Moody, Jr., Natural History Series, No. 33), Stephen W. Taber, Scott B. Fleenor. 2003. M University Press.Encyclopedia of Life Microcentrum rhombifolium species overview. They live across North America in trees and shrubs. Adults are active in late summer and autumn and have a "ticking" call. They have been reported to chew on the peels of citrus crops, resulting in minor damage.
Description Microcentrum rhombifolium have a green, leaf-like appearance with long, threadlike antennae and feet divided into four segments. Adults reach in length and are rhombus-shaped.
M. rhombifolium looks similar to M. retinerve, but the two species may be distinguished by the shape of their pronota. In M. rhombifolium, the front edge of the pronotum has a small bump in the middle. M. retinerve does not have this bump.
References
Further reading
Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States, Capinera, Scott, Walker. 2004. Cornell University Press. Otte, Daniel (1997). Tettigonioidea. Orthoptera Species File 7, 373.
External links
NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Microcentrum rhombifolium