Nanophyllium pygmaeum Redtenbacher (Phasmatodea: Phylliidae: Phylliinae), a leaf insect recently recognized in Australia

Australian Entomology Magazine 15(1), 1988

D. C. F. Rentz
CSIRO, Division of Entomology, G.P.O.

Abstract

A small leaf insect, Nanophyllium pygmaeum Redtenbacher, is recorded from rainforest in Australia for the first time. The species was originally described from Papua New Guinea. Notes on its biology, including culture in the laboratory, and its change in body form from nymph to adult are presented.


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