| Hausleithner's stick insect | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Phylliidae |
| Genus: | Phyllium |
| Subgenus: | Phyllium |
| Species: | P. hausleithneri |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllium hausleithneri Westwood, 1859 | |
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Phyllium hausleithneri or Hausleithner's stick insect is a species of phasmid or leaf insect of the genus Phyllium . It is found in peninsular Malaysia, [1] [2] and Sri Lanka. [3]
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