Phasmidae

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Noun1.Phasmidae - stick insects
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
order Phasmatodea, order Phasmida, Phasmatodea, Phasmida - in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects
stick insect, walkingstick, walking stick - any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies
genus Diapheromera - a genus of Phasmidae
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Insects belonging to the suborders Auchenorrhyncha, Sternorrhyncha and Heteroptera were considered sap-sucking herbivores, and insects belonging to the families Chrysomelidae, Curculionidae, Elateridae and Phasmidae were considered folivores.
CHOPARD, L., 1911.- Contribution a la faune des Orthopteres de la Guyane Francaise (Mantidae et Phasmidae) Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France 80: 809-816.
What are members of the family Phasmidae with an elongated cylindrical body better known as?
The Phasmidae, or Walkingsticks, of the United States.
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