Clitarchus hookeri: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Phasmida
- Family
- Phasmatidae
- Genus
- Clitarchus
- Species
- Clitarchus hookeri
- Scientific Name
- Clitarchus hookeri
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Clitarchus hookeri
Clitarchus hookeri, commonly known as the smooth stick insect or the common stick insect, is a stick insect of the family Phasmatidae, endemic to New Zealand. It is possibly New Zealand's most common stick insect. Clitarchus hookeri is often green in appearance, but can also be brown or red. Alongside the prickly stick insect and the Unarmed stick insect, C. hookeri is one of three stick insect species to have become naturalised in Great Britain, with all three having originated in New Zealand.
...Clitarchus hookeri in languages:
- English
- Smooth Stick-insect
- English
- Smooth Stick Insect
- English
- Common Stick Insect
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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