Poecilimon affinis (Frivaldszky, 1867)
![Poecilimon affinis: Male (N-Greece, Vitsi, late June 2013) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/affinis_5im2013.jpg "Poecilimon affinis: Male (N-Greece, Vitsi, late June 2013) [N]")
![Poecilimon affinis: Male (Northern Greece, Vitsi, late June 2013) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/affinis_6im2013.jpg "Poecilimon affinis: Male (Northern Greece, Vitsi, late June 2013) [N]")
![Poecilimon affinis: Male (Vitsi, N-Greece, July 2010) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/Poecimilon_affinis2010.jpg "Poecilimon affinis: Male (Vitsi, N-Greece, July 2010) [N]")
![Poecilimon affinis: Female (Vitsi, N-Greece, late June 2013) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/affinis_10im2013.jpg "Poecilimon affinis: Female (Vitsi, N-Greece, late June 2013) [N]")
![Poecilimon affinis: Female (N-Greece, Vitsi, late June 2013) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/affinis_11im2013.jpg "Poecilimon affinis: Female (N-Greece, Vitsi, late June 2013) [N]")
![Poecilimon affinis: Female larva (Vitsi, late June 2013) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/affinis_12im2013.jpg "Poecilimon affinis: Female larva (Vitsi, late June 2013) [N]")
![Poecilimon affinis: High abundance on grasses (Brachypodium, Vitsi, late June 2013) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/affinis_13im2013.jpg "Poecilimon affinis: High abundance on grasses (Brachypodium, Vitsi, late June 2013) [N]")
![Poecilimon affinis: Habitat on Mount Vitsi (N-Greece, late June 2013) [N]](bilder1/tettigoniidae/affinis_h2013.jpg "Poecilimon affinis: Habitat on Mount Vitsi (N-Greece, late June 2013) [N]")
Nutrition:
Plants, especially herbs, but also leaves of bushes and even grasses (own observations in N-Greece on mount Vitsi).
Habitat:
Poecilimon affinis inhabits herb-rich mountain meadows and pastures, forb edges along woodlands and similar places.
Life cycle:
The adults appear in early summer, in high altitudes not untli mid summer. The large animals rest mostly on herbs and small bushes.
Endangerment factors:
Die Art gehört zur P. ornatus-Gruppe und ist auf der Balkan-Halbinsel recht verbreitet (von Südkroatien und Rumänien bis Mittelgriechenland).
Remarks:
Poecilimon amissus | Poecilimon ampliatus | Poecilimon artedentatus | Poecilimon brunneri | Poecilimon chopardi | Poecilimon cretensis | Poecilimon ebneri | Poecilimon ege | Poecilimon elegans | Poecilimon erimanthos | Poecilimon fussii | Poecilimon gerlindae | Poecilimon gracilis | Poecilimon hamatus | Poecilimon hoelzeli | Poecilimon intermedius | Poecilimon jonicus | Poecilimon laevissimus | Poecilimon macedonicus | Poecilimon mariannae | Poecilimon miramae | Poecilimon mytilenensis | Poecilimon nobilis | Poecilimon obesus | Poecilimon orbelicus | Poecilimon ornatus | Poecilimon pergamicus | Poecilimon propinquus | Poecilimon sanctipauli | Poecilimon schmidtii | Poecilimon superbus | Poecilimon sureyanus | Poecilimon thessalicus | Poecilimon thoracicus | Poecilimon turcicus | Poecilimon veluchianus | Poecilimon werneri | Poecilimon zimmeri | Poecilimon zwicki
