Metioche vittaticollis

(Metioche vittaticollis)

Description

Metioche vittaticollis, the silent leaf-runner cricket or silent leaf runner, is a species of cricket in the genus Metioche. The species is 10 mm long. It feeds on little insects like planthoppers and leafhoppers.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:

Class: Insecta

Order:Orthoptera

Family:Trigonidiidae

Genus:Metioche

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