Gampsocleis glabra

Gampsocleis glabra
Male: green morph
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Tettigoniinae
Tribe: Gampsocleidini
Genus: Gampsocleis
Species:
G. glabra
Binomial name
Gampsocleis glabra
(Herbst, 1786) [1]
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Gampsocleis glabra is a species of bush crickets belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae. It is found over most of mainland Europe[2] East to the Caspian and Black Sea.

Biology

Gampsocleis glabra feeds on insects, sometimes grasses, heather and other plants in dry regions such as steppes, on nutrient-poor grasslands and in heathland with high grass cover.

References

  1. ^ Herbst In Fuessly (1786), Arch. Insect. 8
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
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