Leaf mantis
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Leaf mantis (and leafy mantis) is a common name for certain praying mantises including:
- those often also called shield mantis, i.e. species within Choeradodis, Rhombodera, and similar genera
- Dead leaf mantis species such as those within genus Deroplatys