Catoptropteryx aurita Huxley, 1970

Hemp, Claudia, 2013, Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Zootaxa 3613 (4), pp. 301-342 : 324-325

Catoptropteryx aurita Huxley, 1970

( Fig. 10 E, F)

Ecology and biology. Attracted to light at night in the East Usambara Mountains. Mostly herbivorous but caged males also fed on other dead orthopterans including its own species. Present throughout the year. Altitudinal range at Mt Kilimanjaro: 1300–1700 m.

Records: 5

Figures

FIGURE 10. Phaneropterinae species of Kilimanjaro A – C. Arantia fasciata (Walker), female (A, B) and male nymph, southern slopes, plantation belt 1430 m (C) D. Male Gonatoxia maculata Karsch, southern slopes, plantation belt, 1430 m E – F. Catoptropteryx aurita Huxley, southern slopes, plantation belt 1430 m, male (E), female (F).