Pseudocreobotra

{{Short description|Genus of praying mantises}}

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| image = Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii 03.jpg

| image_caption = P. wahlbergi adult

| image2 = Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii, nimf, a, Krantzkloof NR.jpg

| image2_caption = P. wahlbergi nymph

| taxon = Pseudocreobotra

| authority = Saussure, 1870

| display_parents = 3

| synonyms = * Theomantis Giglio-Tos, 1915

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Pseudocreobotra is a genus of Sub-Saharan flower mantises. They are visually similar to Creobroter species of Asia,{{cite journal |last1=Yager |first1=D.D. |title=Serially homologous ears perform frequency range fractionation in the praying mantis, Creobroter (Mantodea, Hymenopodidae)|journal=Journal of Comparative Physiology A|date=April 1996 |volume=178 |issue=4 |pages=463–475 |doi=10.1007/BF00190177 |pmid=8847662 |s2cid=1360448 }} but belong to different subfamilies. Their forewings have prominent spiralled eyespots, which are flashed in a silent deimatic display, to startle would-be predators. The nymphs however, expand the raised abdomen in response to threats, to reveal a single dorsal eyespot.{{cite book|last=Picker |first=Mike|title=Field Guide to Insects of South Africa |year=2004 |publisher=Struik Publishers |location=Cape Town |isbn=978-1-77007-061-5 |pages=60–61|display-authors=etal}} The species are easily reared in captivity.