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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Brown Lacewings (Hemerobiidae) » Hemerobiinae » Hemerobius » Hemerobius humulinus

Species Hemerobius humulinus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Brown Lacewing - Hemerobius humulinus Brown Lacewing - Hemerobius humulinus Hemerobius humulinus Brown Lacewing - Hemerobius humulinus Hemerobius - Hemerobius humulinus Chrysopidae - Hemerobius humulinus Hemerobius humulinus Brown Lacewing, Hemerobius humulinus? - Hemerobius humulinus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Neuroptera (Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies)
Suborder Hemerobiiformia (Lacewings and Allies)
Family Hemerobiidae (Brown Lacewings)
Subfamily Hemerobiinae
Genus Hemerobius
Species humulinus (Hemerobius humulinus)
Explanation of Names
Hemerobius humulinus Linnaeus 1758
from the genus Humulus ('hop plant or hops') + -īnus ('of or pertaining to')
from the New Latin humulus, derived from the Old Norse humli, Old English hymele, or Middle Low German homele ('hop plant')
Identification
Within the eastern range (particularly southeastern), the broad pale stripe on the thorax and lack of pigmented pterostigmas separate it from the other widespread species, H. stigma.(1)

Caution: many (!) other species have a yellowish stripe down the thorax, particularly in the west where the genus is most diverse.
Range
Holarctic; across N. Amer. south to CO-TX-FL(2)(3)
Season
Mar-Apr and Sep-Nov in NC
Life Cycle
Click on an image to view the life cycle:
Works Cited
1.Brown Lacewings of Florida
2.Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera, and Raphidioptera of America North of Mexico
Penny N.D., Adams P.A., Stange L.A. 1997. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 50: 39‒114.
3.A Checklist and Bibliography of the Megaloptera and Neuroptera of Florida (by L. Stange)
Contributed by Cotinis on 2 May, 2007 - 8:51am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, v belov, metrioptera, PaleoJon
Last updated 8 April, 2024 - 11:20pm

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