The threat status of the Flap-eared Leaf Katydid (Oxyecous lesnei) is Least Concern because it has a widespread distribution, a large extent of occurrence and its geographic range is not expected to be severely fragmented or to experience decline or extreme fluctuations presently or in the foreseeable future.
Distribution
The Flap-eared Leaf Katydid is known only from a handful of sites in Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.
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