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title: "Chinese Mantis"
description: "Tenodera sinensis — Insetti e ragni. The Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis), is a species of mantis native to temperate Asia and the nearby islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/chinese-mantis
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chinese Mantis

> Tenodera sinensis — Insetti e ragni. The Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis), is a species of mantis native to temperate Asia and the nearby islands.

- Scientific name: *Tenodera sinensis*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 72992
- Wikidata: [Q1149167](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1149167)
- iNaturalist taxon: [71034](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/71034)

## Names

- en: Chinese Mantis
- de: Große Chinesen-Mantis
- fr: Mante chinoise
- pt: Louva-a-deus chinês
- pl: Modliszka chińska

## Countries with the most observations

US (40997), CA (3177), JP (2286), CN (1328), KR (1053), TW (138), HK (96), RU (48), MO (16), IN (10)

## Summary

The Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis), is a species of mantis native to temperate Asia and the nearby islands. In 1896, this species was accidentally introduced by a nursery tender at Mt. Airy, a neighborhood of Philadelphia, United States. T. sinensis often is erroneously referred to as Tenodera aridifolia sinensis because it was at first described as a subspecies of Tenodera aridifolia, but T. sinensis is now established as a full species.
T. sinensis feeds primarily on other large insects, though adult females sometimes catch small vertebrates. For example, they have been observed feeding on hornets, spiders,…

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

## Photo

![Chinese Mantis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chinese-mantis/medium.jpg)

Photo: askalotl · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/317025826

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/chinese-mantis?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).