Tirachoidea westwoodii

Tirachoidea westwoodii^[1][2][3][4] is a species of stick insect in the order Phasmatodea.^[1] It is endemic to India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.^[5] The eggs of the stick insect are spheric, ca. 5 mm in length and have a three-lobed micropylar plate.^[6] The chorion of the eggs are hard to cut and consist of the three layers mineralized with calcium carbonate and calcium oxalate.^[6]

Tirachoidea westwoodii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phasmatodea
Family:	Phasmatidae
Subfamily:	Clitumninae
Tribe:	Pharnaciini
Genus:	Tirachoidea
Species:	T. westwoodii
Binomial name
Tirachoidea westwoodii (Wood-Mason, 1875)
Synonyms
Pharnacia westwoodi (Wood-Mason, 1875) Phibalosoma westwoodii Wood-Mason, 1875