Typophyllum spurioculis
{{Short description|Species of cricket-like animal}}
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| genus = Typophyllum
| species = spurioculis
| authority = Baker, Sarria-S., Morris, Jonsson & Montealegre-Z., 2017
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Typophyllum spurioculis is a species of day-camouflage leaf-mimicking katydids belonging to the genus Typophyllum.{{cite news|title=New Species of Leaf-Mimicking Insect Discovered in South America|url=http://www.sci-news.com/biology/leaf-mimicking-insect-typophyllum-spurioculis-05429.html|work=Sci-News|accessdate=20 November 2017}}{{cite news|title=New insect species mimics dead leaves for camouflage|url=https://phys.org/news/2017-11-insect-species-mimics-dead-camouflage.html|work=Phys.org|accessdate=20 November 2017}} T. spurioculis lived in South America in the Andean cloud forest from western Ecuador, to Columbia in the middle central cordillera mountain range. They live in a habitat that revives 2000 millimeters to 4000 millimeters of rainfall and at elevations from 1850 meters to 2600 meters.{{Cite journal |last=Baker |first=Andrew |last2=Sarria-S |first2=Fabio A. |last3=Morris |first3=Glenn K. |last4=Jonsson |first4=Thorin |last5=Montealegre-Z |first5=Fernando |date=2017-09-01 |title=Wing resonances in a new dead-leaf-mimic katydid (Tettigoniidae: Pterochrozinae) from the Andean cloud forests |url=http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/id/eprint/29003/1/Baker%20et%20al.%202017.pdf |journal=Zoologischer Anzeiger |volume=270 |pages=60–70 |doi=10.1016/j.jcz.2017.10.001 |issn=0044-5231}}
Description
The legs on T. spurioculis have bright orange spots on them. Females of this species are larger than the males of this species.{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Cerri |last2=Lincoln |first2=University of |title=New insect species mimics dead leaves for camouflage |url=https://phys.org/news/2017-11-insect-species-mimics-dead-camouflage.html |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=phys.org |language=en}}
= Camouflage =
The camouflage of typophyllum spurioculis appear as if they are bite-damaged leafs. The body of T. spurioculis also have areas with necrotic spots. Their camouflage is so effective that they look nearly invisible to the human eye.