Cretophasmomima wing pattern and proposed leaf crypsis
The Early Cretaceous stick-insect fossil preserves dark wing veins that the describing study compared with a contemporaneous leaf-shaped plant organ as a possible crypsis model.
Represented range130–122 Ma
RegionsYixian Formation, Jehol biota, Inner Mongolia, China
CladesCretophasmomima melanogramma · Phasmatodea
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event-mechanism · medium
Cretophasmomima melanogramma preserves a wing-colour pattern that the describing study interpreted as possible leaf mimicry in the Early Cretaceous Jehol setting; the proposed mechanism remains an anatomical inference.