Tenodera aridifolia (Stoll, 1813)

Chinese Mantid

Synonyms: Tenodera sinensis

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate

Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry

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Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Mantodea

Family: Mantidae

Genus: Tenodera

Species: Tenodera aridifolia

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Introduced

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Tenodera aridifolia

Tenodera aridifolia

Adult

Litchfield County, CT

Date: 2003-08-24

Tenodera aridifolia

Adult

Litchfield County, CT

Date: 2003-08-24

Tenodera aridifolia

Adult

Middlesex County, MA

Date: 2014-08-31

Tenodera aridifolia

Egg mass

Essex County, MA

Date: 2021-12-07