Portuguese Stick Insect

Leptynia attenuata · Order: Phasmida · Family: Bacillidae

Also called: Portugese Stick Insect

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Portuguese Stick Insect
Photo: JCoelho, CC BY

Leptynia attenuata is a stick-insect species that lives only in Portugal. It reproduces sexually (amphigony) and has 36 chromosomes.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The insect is identified as Leptynia attenuata, a member of the Diapheromeridae family endemic to Portugal.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Leptynia attenuata is a stick-insect species.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It inhabits areas within Portugal.

Source: Wikipedia

Life cycle

The species reproduces by sexual amphigony and possesses 36 chromosomes.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

The species is native to Portugal and found nowhere else.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Portuguese Stick Insect photo 2
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY
Portuguese Stick Insect photo 3
Photo: Darío Estraviz López, CC BY

Same family (Bacillidae)

French stick insectFrench stick insectClonopsis gallicaMediterranean stick insectMediterranean stick insectBacillus rossiusAttican Stick InsectAttican Stick InsectBacillus atticusSpanish Stick InsectSpanish Stick InsectPijnackeria hispanica

Sources

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

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Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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