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title: "Lesser Anglewing"
description: "Microcentrum retinerve — Insects & spiders. Microcentrum retinerve is a species in the family Tettigoniidae (\"katydids\"), in the order Orthoptera (\"grasshoppers, crickets, katydids\")."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/lesser-anglewing
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lesser Anglewing

> Microcentrum retinerve — Insects & spiders. Microcentrum retinerve is a species in the family Tettigoniidae ("katydids"), in the order Orthoptera ("grasshoppers, crickets, katydids").

- Scientific name: *Microcentrum retinerve*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 10389
- Wikidata: [Q10584174](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10584174)
- iNaturalist taxon: [48122](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48122)

## Names

- en: Lesser Anglewing
- es: Esperanza de alas angulares menores

## Countries with the most observations

US (3691)

## Summary

Microcentrum retinerve is a species in the family Tettigoniidae ("katydids"), in the order Orthoptera ("grasshoppers, crickets, katydids"). A common name for Microcentrum retinerve is lesser angle-winged katydid.
Microcentrum retinerve is found in North America.

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

## Photo

![Lesser Anglewing](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lesser-anglewing/medium.jpg)

Photo: andrew2285 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239328437

## Machine access

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