Lesser Anglewing
Microcentrum retinerve (Burmeister, 1838)
Lesser Anglewing: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/6219
Synonyms
Lesser Angle-winged Katydid 
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568 Records

Many calling familiar "katydid" calls from a Lesser Anglewing in Baltimore City (8/2014). - Thomas Wilson.

Description

A brown patch on the top part of the wings is an identifying feature of males. For females, viewing the top of the pronotum is required to distinguish from Greater Anglewing (B. Woo, pers. comm.).

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Microcentrum retinerve
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Genus: Microcentrum
Species:
M. retinerve
Binomial name
Microcentrum retinerve
(Burmeister, H., 1838)

Microcentrum retinerve is a species in the family Tettigoniidae ("katydids"), in the order Orthoptera ("grasshoppers, crickets, katydids").[1][2] A common name for Microcentrum retinerve is lesser angle-winged katydid.[3] Microcentrum retinerve is found in North America.[2]

Microcentrum retinerve
Microcentrum retinerve
Microcentrum retinerve

References

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  1. ^ bugguide.net Microcentrum retinerve species information.
  2. ^ a b Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
  3. ^ Encyclopedia of Life Microcentrum retinerve species overview.

Further reading

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  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • 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.