Vespamantoida wherleyi is a species of praying mantis that mimics a wasp.

It was discovered in 2013 at a research station near the Amazon River in northern Peru.

The discovery resulted in erecting a new genus, Vespamantoida.

Besides the coloration, it has the body shape of and displayed walking and antenna movements similar to a wasp.

This mantis is closely related to Mantoida toulgoeti as both species have a distinct foreleg synapomorphy.