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Green lacewings are insects in the large family Chrysopidae of the order Neuroptera. There are about 85 genera and (differing between sources) 1,300–2,000 species in this widespread group.
Chrysoperla plorabunda, also known as the weeping green lacewing, is an insect belonging to the cryptic carnea complex of the genus. [1] Species in the complex are nearly identical in morphology, with differences in substrate-borne vibrational songs being the only identifying factor. [ 1 ]
Chrysoperla carnea, one of the species of common green lacewing, [1] [2] is an insect in the Chrysopidae family. Although the adults feed on nectar, pollen and aphid honeydew, the larvae are active predators and feed on aphids and other small insects.
Chrysoperla is a genus of common green lacewings in the neuropteran family Chrysopidae. [1] Therein they belong to the Chrysopini , the largest tribe of subfamily Chrysopinae . [ 2 ] Their larvae are predatory and feed on aphids , and members of this genus have been used in biological pest control .
Hemerobiidae is a family of Neuropteran insects commonly known as brown lacewings, comprising about 500 species in 28 genera. Most are yellow to dark brown, but some species are green. Most are yellow to dark brown, but some species are green.
They are known commonly as the beaded lacewings. [1] The family was first named by Anton Handlirsch in 1906. [ 2 ] The family consists of 24 genera and 110 living species distributed discontinuously worldwide, mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. [ 3 ]
Family Psychopsidae: silky lacewings (Late Triassic–Present) The fossil genus † Mesohemerobius Ping, 1928 from the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous of China has been treated as incertae sedis within Neuroptera, while the fossil families † Permoberothidae and † Permithonidae are treated as a sister group to clade Eidoneuroptera formed by ...
Ithonidae, commonly called moth lacewings and giant lacewings, is a small family of winged insects of the insect order Neuroptera. The family contains a total of ten living genera, and over a dozen extinct genera described from fossils. The modern Ithonids have a notably disjunct distribution, while the extinct genera had a more global range ...