Their appearance is similar but the males' calls are very different. O. tessellatus tends to be larger and more darkly colored. It occurs mostly on understory vegetation in primary and secondary forests. O. conspersus is smaller and usually greeen. It can be found at ground level in the forest and in open areas, including meadows.
Females deposit eggs between the epidermis layers of leaves.
The two species can be told apart by the shape of tegmina, which are broader and more rounded in tessellatus .