Leaf bug

Latin name : Phyllium succiforlium
Family : Phyllidae leaf bug
Set : Phasmatodae rod
Group : Insects

Insects with green leaf shapes. Body length 95 mm. The upper and lower wings are long and wide, green and leaf shaped. Two wings under the shape of a nanoparticle, have many veins and are transparent, The middle chest is longer than the front and back of the chest. The abdomen has a thin shape in the direction of the abdomen. The front legs, burning the tube with much larger frill, the same color of the currant is green and looks like a torn leaf. The next two legs also have the same edges as the front legs but smaller.

Biological:

Leaf morphology is not complete. Larvae hatching larvae are in the form of adults, only the wings have not yet developed and are not biologically mature. Leaf bugs belong to rare insects and the number of species and less to individuals. However, leaf beetles have an explosion in quantity. This phenomenon is still unknown until now.

Habitat and ecology:

Leaf bugs live only in the tropics, living on tree branches in moist forests, rarely seen on ground plants. The leaves are often attacked by reptiles, birds and some parasitic bees, parasitic flies attack their eggs.

Distribution:

Vietnam: forest areas in the northern mountainous provinces, so far only documents have been published in Lao Cai, Hoa Binh and Ninh Binh (Cuc Phuong).

World: India, Southeast Asian countries and South China.

Use value:

Leaf bugs are used as an example and the diversity of insects in biology books, Stored in world museums.

Status:

Belong to rare species. Being threatened by the destruction of forests and narrowing together with the collection of samples of many people. Threat level: Level V.

Proposal of protection measures: Protection of natural forests where leaf Beetles reside.

Documentation: Vietnam Red Book of Animal Part - page 387.