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Trolicaphyllium
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Trolicaphyllium

Trolicaphyllium is a genus of leaf insect in the order Phasmatodea found on New Caledonia and the small surrounding islands. The genus was described by Cumming, Le Tirant, & Büscher in 2021. Prior to 2021, every molecular review involving Chitoniscus Stål, 1875 sensu lato involving samples from Fiji and New Caledonia revealed polyphyly. Therefore in 2021, the morphology from these two distinct clades was extensively reviewed. Morphological results agree with all previously published molecular studies and...

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Trolicaphyllium brachysoma

speciesTrolicaphyllium brachysoma

Trolicaphyllium sarrameaense

speciesTrolicaphyllium sarrameaense

Trolicaphyllium erosum

speciesTrolicaphyllium erosum

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1270664.