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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Green Lacewings (Chrysopidae) » Typical Green Lacewings (Chrysopinae) » Leucochrysini » Leucochrysa » subgenus Nodita (Leucochrysa subgenus Nodita)

subgenus Nodita

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Lichen-ed larva (ventral) - Leucochrysa pavida Chrysopidae - Leucochrysa americana Debris-Carrying Green Lacewing Larvae - Leucochrysa pavida Lacewing - Leucochrysa explorata Kevin Hogan - Leucochrysa pavida Eremochrysa (subenus Eremochrysa)? - Leucochrysa americana lacewing ID request - Leucochrysa pavida Florida Lacewing - Leucochrysa callota
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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