Tylopsis lilifolia
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Tylopsis lilifolia, the 'Lily Bush-Cricket', is a species of 'katydids crickets' belonging to the family Tettigoniidae
subfamily Phaneropterinae
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This cricket is present in most of Europe
, in the Near East
and in North Africa
. The adult males grow up to 13–22 mm (0.511811023622047–0.866141732283465 ) long, while females can reach 16–23 mm (0.62992125984252–0.905511811023622 ) of length. It can be encountered from August through October in sunny meadows and forest clearings.
The basic coloration of the body varies from light brown to olive green to pale green, with a brown-yellowish longitudinal band on the back. Head, legs and wings are green. The legs are long and thin, with small spines. The antennae are very long, they reach up to five times the body length. The ovipositor is about 4–5 mm (0.15748031496063–0.196850393700787 ) long and curved upward. In the dry grasslands it is common a brown form of the body.
Tettigoniidae
The family Tettigoniidae, known in American English as katydids and in British English as bush-crickets, contains more than 6,400 species. It is part of the suborder Ensifera and the only family in the superfamily Tettigonioidea. They are also known as long-horned grasshoppers, although they are...
subfamily Phaneropterinae
Phaneropterinae
Phaneropterinae is a subfamily of bush crickets or katydids. Belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, they have nearly 2060 species in 85 genera throughout the world...
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This cricket is present in most of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, in the Near East
Near East
The Near East is a geographical term that covers different countries for geographers, archeologists, and historians, on the one hand, and for political scientists, economists, and journalists, on the other...
and in North Africa
North Africa
North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...
. The adult males grow up to 13–22 mm (0.511811023622047–0.866141732283465 ) long, while females can reach 16–23 mm (0.62992125984252–0.905511811023622 ) of length. It can be encountered from August through October in sunny meadows and forest clearings.
The basic coloration of the body varies from light brown to olive green to pale green, with a brown-yellowish longitudinal band on the back. Head, legs and wings are green. The legs are long and thin, with small spines. The antennae are very long, they reach up to five times the body length. The ovipositor is about 4–5 mm (0.15748031496063–0.196850393700787 ) long and curved upward. In the dry grasslands it is common a brown form of the body.