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title: "Common True Katydid"
description: "Pterophylla camellifolia — Insects & spiders. Pterophylla camellifolia, the common true katydid, is a common North American insect."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/common-true-katydid
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common True Katydid

> Pterophylla camellifolia — Insects & spiders. Pterophylla camellifolia, the common true katydid, is a common North American insect.

- Scientific name: *Pterophylla camellifolia*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 20035
- Wikidata: [Q10645734](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10645734)
- iNaturalist taxon: [118951](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/118951)

## Names

- en: Common True Katydid
- fr: Sauterelle des canopées

## Countries with the most observations

US (13463), CA (155)

## Summary

Pterophylla camellifolia, the common true katydid, is a common North American insect.  It can be found in southeastern Canada, through the eastern United States from Maine to Florida. P. camellifolia belongs to the family Tettigoniidae (katydids). Within the Tettigoniidae, it belongs to the subfamily Pseudophyllinae (true katydids). Other common names include northern true katydid and rough-winged katydid.
The loud, rasping, three-pulsed song, rendered "ka-ty-did", of the male of the nominate northern subspecies is the source of the vernacular name "katydid” as applied to any tettigoniid. It is a nearly flightless…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterophylla_camellifolia

## Photo

![Common True Katydid](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-true-katydid/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ken Kneidel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/125670305

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-true-katydid?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).