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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings, Antlions, and Allies (Planipennia) » Dustywings (Coniopterygidae)
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Copyright © 2007 Tom Shermer

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New Westminster, Vancouver area, British Columbia, Canada
May 3, 2007
I occasionally find these on the laurels and roses outside my building.

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Unknown Dustywings Dustywings
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Contributed by Tom Shermer on 1 October, 2007 - 3:11am
Last updated 19 October, 2007 - 4:00pm

Wow!
Thanks for the i.d.

Neuroptera would not have been my first guess, although the eyes and wing posture should have helped get me there. There don't seem to be many web resources for Coniopterygids; I haven't been able to find a key or a checklist for British Columbia (or even for Canada). Arnett's range data (1) seems to indicate that the genus would be Coniopteryx, Conwentziini (C. Californica is listed as present in very nearby Washington State), or Semidalis (which has no range data associated).

I'll have to pay more attention to these little guys.

I added a detail of the original shot and another shot of the same subject.
… Tom Shermer, 2 October, 2007 - 7:24am login or register to post comments

Coniopterygid
You can see the chewing mouthparts quite clearly; also, the wing venation is much more highly developed than that of whiteflies.
… Andy Hamilton, 1 October, 2007 - 8:03am login or register to post comments

 
Awesome!
This is just a spectacular image of a dustywing! Thanks so much for sharing your exquisite work here at Bugguide. Welcome, Tom:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 October, 2007 - 1:07pm login or register to post comments

Look at
Whiteflies, family Aleyrodidae

Dustywings, family Coniopterygidae

I'm leaning toward the latter, but I don't know them that well.
… Chuck Entz, 1 October, 2007 - 7:53am login or register to post comments

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