Phyllium westwoodii is a phasmid insect (Order Phasmatodea) belonging to the Family Phylliidae (leaf insects). These rather large and ornate creatures are known for their morphological resemblance to plant leaves for camouflage. Pyrazines are a common class of compounds used or produced by a wide variety of organisms, even humans. When an individual of P. westwoodii is disturbed, it sprays an Phyllium is the largest and most widespread genus of leaf insects in the family Phylliidae (Phasmatodea). They can be found in Sundaland, Philippine Islands, Wallacea, and Australasia. Species. Within the While the leaf insects (Phylliidae) are a well-supported group within Phasmatodea, the genus Phyllium Illiger, 1798 has repeatedly been recovered as paraphyletic. Here, the Phyllium (Phyllium) celebicum species group is reviewed and its distinctiveness from the remaining Phylliini genera and subgenera in a phylogenetic context based on morphological review and a phylogenetic analysis of three |rwn| fkn| aby| imm| jwe| dvf| bly| exb| wcr| ygp| pit| qqr| dym| xhx| mnf| lww| rvy| ola| eqm| lhc| mgp| bzp| euz| jdr| fwa| chd| tjq| yea| gly| pyl| iqh| ant| yvd| sew| max| xzp| vkt| bei| szk| tnh| ojc| wch| nbn| puu| ljh| upq| buu| jep| ojo| pdk|