subgenus Nodita

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited

Debris-Carrying Lacewing Larva - Leucochrysa pavida

Large lacewing - Possibly - Leucochrysa, Chrysoperla, or Nodita sp. (?) - Leucochrysa pavida

Unknown Grey Lichen looking critter - Leucochrysa pavida

Mt Hopkins Rd lacewing - Leucochrysa americana

Leucochrysa pavida? - Leucochrysa pavida

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 Chrysopidae (Green Lacewings)

Subfamily Chrysopinae (Typical Green Lacewings)

Tribe Leucochrysini

Genus Leucochrysa

No Taxon subgenus Nodita

Explanation of Names

Leucochrysa (Nodita) Navás 1916

Numbers

5 spp. in our area(1)(2):

1. L. americana: southeastern to southwestern US (AL, AZ, CA, CO, KS, NM, TX)(2)

2. L. callota: southeastern US (FL, LA, MS, SC, TX) — A report by Adams (1997)(1) for CA could not be substantiated by Tauber (2004).(2)

3. L. explorata: s. NM, TX(2)

4. L. floridana: southeastern US (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, TX)

5. L. pavida: widespread eastern US (FL, GA, IL, IN, LA, MD, MI, NC, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA)(2)

Identification

Forewing with the intramedian cell (im) triangular, third medial cell (m3) not bisected

Range

so. US (mostly sw.); L. pavida ranges north into IN(1); L. americana ranges west into CA.(2)

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	A Systematic Review of the Genus Leucochrysa (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) in the United States Tauber CA. 2004. Annals of the Entomological Society of America: 97 (6): 1129-1158.

Contributed by v belov on 31 July, 2017 - 1:42pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 3 August, 2021 - 7:25am

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