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Dead leaf mantis

Deroplatys lobata Guérin-Méneville, 1838

Status not recordedinsects

The dead leaf mantis (Deroplatys lobata) is a species in the family Deroplatyidae, order Mantodea.

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Quick facts about the dead leaf mantis

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
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Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
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Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the dead leaf mantis live?

Not recorded

Is the dead leaf mantis endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the dead leaf mantis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderMantodea
  5. familyDeroplatyidae
  6. genusDeroplatys
  7. SpeciesDeroplatys lobata Guérin-Méneville, 1838

Synonyms Choeradodis lobata, Deroplatys brunneri

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Malaysian dead leaf mantisEnglish
  • Southeast Asian dead leaf mantisEnglish
  • Totes BlattGerman
  • Vaiduoklinis maldininkasLithuanian
  • 菱背枯葉螳Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the dead leaf mantis

Other species in the same genus Deroplatys.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the dead leaf mantis?

The dead leaf mantis (Deroplatys lobata) belongs to the family Deroplatyidae in the order Mantodea.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dead leaf mantis (Deroplatys lobata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dead-leaf-mantis

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“Dead leaf mantis (Deroplatys lobata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dead-leaf-mantis.

BibTeX
@misc{dead_leaf_mantis_2026,
  title = {Dead leaf mantis (Deroplatys lobata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dead-leaf-mantis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}