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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings and Allies (Neuroptera) » Hemerobiiformia » Green Lacewings (Chrysopidae) » Chrysopinae » Leucochrysini » Leucochrysa » Leucochrysa insularis

Species Leucochrysa insularis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Neuroptera (Antlions, Lacewings and Allies)
Suborder Hemerobiiformia
Family Chrysopidae (Green Lacewings)
Subfamily Chrysopinae
Tribe Leucochrysini
Genus Leucochrysa
Species insularis (Leucochrysa insularis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Leucochrysa insularis (Walker, 1853)
=Chrysopa virginica Fitch, Nothochrysa phantasma MacGillivray, Leucochrysa cerverai Navás, Allochrysa virginica ocala Banks
Identification
two dusky spots on each forewing and mesothoracic markings are distinctive
Range
e. US (MA-IA to FL & MS); West Indies(1)(2)
Season
Spring-fall [May, Jun, Aug, Sep in NC(3)]
Print References
Muma M.H. (1959) Chrysopidae associated with Citrus in Florida. Fla. Entomol. 42(1): 21-29 (Full text)
Works Cited
1.Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera, and Raphidioptera of America North of Mexico
By N.D. Penny, P.A. Adams, & L.A. Stange
2.A Checklist and Bibliography of the Megaloptera and Neuroptera of Florida (by L. Stange)
3.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
Contributed by Cotinis on 7 June, 2007 - 1:05pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 12 February, 2011 - 9:48pm

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