Portuguese Stick Insect

Leptynia attenuata · Order: Phasmida · Family: Bacillidae

Also called: Portugese Stick Insect

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Portuguese Stick Insect
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Leptynia attenuata is a stick insect that belongs to the Diapheromeridae family. It is found only in Portugal, where it is native and endemic.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The species is identified as Leptynia attenuata, a member of the Diapheromeridae family.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

It is a stick insect, but the exact size is not specified in the source.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

Its habitat is within Portugal, where it lives in the wild.

Source: Wikipedia

Life cycle

The species has 36 chromosomes and reproduces by amphigony.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Leptynia attenuata is endemic to Portugal.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Bacillidae)

French stick insectFrench stick insectClonopsis gallicaMediterranean stick insectMediterranean stick insectBacillus rossiusDamages trees, gardens or cropsSpanish Stick InsectSpanish Stick InsectPijnackeria hispanica

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptynia_attenuata

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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