-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids (Order Orthoptera)

-Katydids, Crickets, and Allies (Suborder Ensifera)

-Katydids, and Allies (Infraorder Tettigoniidea)

-Superfamily Tettigonioidea

-​Katydids (Family Tettigoniidae)

-​Coneheads and Meadow Katydids (Subfamily Conocephalinae)

-Common Meadow Katydids (Tribe Conocephalini)

Most species in this tribe are found in grasslands, wetlands, and woodland edges, where they feed on grass seeds and leaves; some nymphs are even known to be predatory, feeding on smaller insects like aphids.