Platycleis grisea



For a publication, please cite as follows:
Krištín A. (ed.): Platycleis grisea. Orthoptera of Slovakia. http://orthoptera.sk/ [accession date]

male

female

habitat

Habitat

It predominantly inhabits the xeric lowlands of Pannonian area in Slovakia up to 800 m asl, but is also distributed along the river systems into the mountainous area, up to 1300 m a.s.l. It needs warm and dry open habitats and favours sparsely vegetated, dry or semi-dry grassland as well as gappy ruderal vegetation with taller grasses and herbs with high proportion of bare ground.

Abundance

Abundant and frequent species in xeric areas of lowland and middle altitudes, less abundant and fragmented in higher altitudes (>800 m asl).

Occurrence of adults

(V) VI-X (XI)

Red List category in Slovakia

LC