''Phyllium'' is the largest and most widespread genus of leaf insects in the family

Phylliidae The family Phylliidae (often misspelled Phyllidae) contains the Extant taxon, extant true leaf insects or walking leaves, which include some of the most remarkably camouflaged leaf mimicry, mimics (mimesis) in the entire animal kingdom. They occu ...

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Phasmatodea The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida or Phasmatoptera) are an Order (biology), order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick bugs, walkingsticks, stick animals, or bug sticks. They are also occasionally referred ...

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Species

Within the genus ''Phyllium'', apart from ''Phyllium'' itself, the subgenus ''

Pulchriphyllium ''Pulchriphyllium'' is a genus of leaf insects. It was first established by Achille Griffini in 1898 as a subgenus within the genus ''Phyllium''. It has been elevated as a valid genus since 2021. The representatives of the genus are native to S ...

'' established by Griffini in 1898 has been differentiated. Two further subgenera, '' Comptaphyllium'' and ''

Walaphyllium ''Walaphyllium'' is a genus of leaf insects comprising three species. It is found in Australia and Papua New Guinea. '' Walaphyllium monteithei'' is a popular pet, and is commonly bred throughout Europe and Australia. The name ''Walaphyllium'' ...

'', were described in 2019 and 2020. Since 2021, all three subgenera have been regarded as separate genera. The genus ''Phyllium'' includes the following species: Phyllium ericoriai - female

''Phyllium antonkozlovi''
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Phyllium arthurchungi
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Phyllium bilobatum ''Phyllium bilobatum'' is a species of leaf insect in the family Phylliidae. It is found in the Philippines and Malaysia. This species was first described in 1843 by the English zoologist George Robert Gray, who gave it the name ''Phyllium bilob ...

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Phyllium bonifacioi ''Phyllium bonifacioi'' is a species of phasmatodea in the family Phylliidae (leaf insect). ''P. bonifacioi'' is found on the north of Luzon island, Philippines. This species was named after Andrés Bonifacio. ''P. bonifacioi'' feeds on guava l ...

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''Phyllium bourquei''
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Phyllium bradleri
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''Phyllium brossardi''
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Phyllium chenqiae
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Phyllium conlei
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Phyllium cummingi
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Phyllium elegans ''Phyllium elegans'' is a species of insect in the family Phylliidae. It is endemic to New Guinea. Taxonomy It was described in 1991 on the basis of a female holotype from Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent S ...

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Phyllium ericoriai ''Phyllium ericoriai'' is a species of leaf insect in the family Phylliidae The family Phylliidae (often misspelled Phyllidae) contains the Extant taxon, extant true leaf insects or walking leaves, which include some of the most remarkably ca ...

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Phyllium fallorum
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Phyllium gantungense ''Phyllium gantungense'' is a species of insect in the family Phylliidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Taxonomy ''Phyllium gantungense'' was described in 2009 on the basis of a female holotype from Mount Gantung, Palawan Palawan (, ...

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Phyllium gardabagusi
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Phyllium hausleithneri ''Phyllium hausleithneri'' or Hausleithner's stick insect is a species of phasmid or leaf insect of the genus '' Phyllium''. It is found in peninsular Malaysia, and Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri ...

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Phyllium iyadaon
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Phyllium jacobsoni ''Phyllium jacobsoni'' is a hybrid species of yellow/green leaf insect belonging to the family Phylliidae. Its recorded distribution is Java and no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. References Otte & Brock (2005), Phasmida Specie ...

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Phyllium letiranti ''Phyllium letiranti'' is a species of phasmid or walking leaf of the genus ''Phyllium''. It is only found on the island of Peleng in Indonesia. Etymology The specific name honors the collections manager of the Montreal Insectarium, Stépha ...

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Phyllium mamasaense
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Phyllium mindorense
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Phyllium nisus
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Phyllium ortizi
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Phyllium palawanense
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Phyllium rubrum
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Phyllium saltonae
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Phyllium samarense
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Phyllium siccifolium
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(as ''Gryllus siccifolius'' L., locality

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Phyllium telnovi
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Phyllium tobeloense
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Phyllium woodi
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Gallery

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References

Paul D. Brock, Büscher, T. B. & Baker, E. W.:
Phasmida Species File Online
'. Version 5.0./5.0. (accessdate 4 August 2023) Cumming, R. T.; Teemsma, S. N. & Riquelme, P. V. (2018)
Description of Phyllium (Phyllium) conlei, new species, and a first look at the Phylliidae (Phasmatodea) of the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia
'. Insecta mundi. Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc., Gainesville, FL USA. Cumming, R. T., Sarah Bank, S.; Bresseel, J.; Constant, J.; Le Tirant, S.; Dong, Z.; Sonet, G. & Sven Bradler (2021)
Cryptophyllium, the hidden leaf insects – descriptions of a new leaf insect genus and thirteen species from the former celebicum species group (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae)
'ZooKeys 1018: 1–179 Bank, S.; Cumming, R. T.; Li, Y.; Henze, K.; Le Tirant, S. & Bradler, S. (2021) A tree of leaves: Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the leaf insects (Phasmatodea: Phylliidae) Cumming, R. T., Le Tirant, Linde, J. B., Solan, M. E., Foley, E. M., Eulin, N. E. C., Lavado, R., Whiting, M. F., Bradler, S. & Bank, S. (2023
On seven undescribed leaf insect species revealed within the recent “Tree of Leaves” (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae)
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External links

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