Tirachoidea westwoodii

{{Short description|Species of stick insect}}

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| genus = Tirachoidea

| species = westwoodii

| authority = (Wood-Mason, 1875)

| synonyms = * Pharnacia westwoodi (Wood-Mason, 1875)

• Phibalosoma westwoodii Wood-Mason, 1875

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Tirachoidea westwoodii{{Cite journal |last=Wood-Mason |first=James |date=1875 |title=XXII. On new or little-known species of Phasmidae, with a brief preliminary Notice of the Occurrence of a Clasping Appratus in the Males throughout the Family. |journal=J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal |volume=44 |issue=2 |pages=216}}{{Cite book |last=Kirby |first=W.F. |title=A synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. |year=1904 |location=London.}}{{Cite journal |last=Brock |first=Paul D. |year=1996 |title=Changes in the taxonomy of giant stick-insects. |url=https://phasmidstudygroup.org/files/Phasmid_Studies/Phasmid_Studies_Vol05_Iss1and2.pdf#page=27 |journal=Phasmid Studies |volume=5 |issue=1 & 2 |pages=25-31.}}{{Cite book |last=Redtenbacher |first=Joseph |title=Die Insektenfamilie der Phasmiden. Vol. 3. Phasmidae Anareolatae (Phibalosomini, Acrophyllini, Necrosciini) |publisher=Wilhelm Engelmann |year=1908 |location=Leipzig |language=German}} is a species of stick insect in the order Phasmatodea. It is endemic to India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.[http://phasmida.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1201797 Phasmida Species File (Version 5.0/5.0); retrieved 23 April 2022)] The eggs of the stick insect are spheric, ca. 5 mm in length and have a three-lobed micropylar plate.{{Cite journal |last=Greven |first=Hartmut |author1-link=Hartmut Greven |last2=Mielewczik |first2=Michael |last3=Hammer |first3=Hildegard |author-link3= |date=2005 |title=-Ray Microanalysis of the Egg Chorion of the Stick Insect Pharnacia westwoodi Phasmatodea) |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hartmut-Greven/publication/256432578_Rontgenmikroanalytische_Untersuchung_des_Chorions_der_Gespenstschrecke_Pharnacia_westwoodi_Phasmatodea_X-Ray_Microanalysis_of_the_Egg_Chorion_of_the_Stick_Insect_Pharnacia_westwoodi_Phasmatodea/links/0c960521e6d5ca5da7000000/Roentgenmikroanalytische-Untersuchung-des-Chorions-der-Gespenstschrecke-Pharnacia-westwoodi-Phasmatodea-X-Ray-Microanalysis-of-the-Egg-Chorion-of-the-Stick-Insect-Pharnacia-westwoodi-Phasmatodea.pdf |journal=Entomologie heute |volume=17 |pages=39-45}} The chorion of the eggs are hard to cut and consist of the three layers mineralized with calcium carbonate and calcium oxalate.