
Appearance
The wings of the adults have numerous brown spots along their edges, making the insect look somewhat like a chewed eucalypt leaf at first glance, making it blend in with its favourite food. Hence also the various common names such as 32-spotted Katydid, Spotted Katydid or Mottled Katydid.
Naming
Originally described as Phaneroptera trigintiduoguttata by Serville in 1838 there has been some confusion with a species described later by McCoy and also known as Ephippitytha trigintiduoguttata (McCoy, 1886), but currently synonymized with Ephippitytha maculata Evans, 1847Synonym - Ochrida annulipes Walker, 1869
Distribution
The species is widespread throughout Australia, occurring in New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland.References:
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