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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Giant and Moth Lacewings (Ithonidae) » Platystoechotes » Platystoechotes lineatus
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Platystoechotes lineatus
Copyright © 2007 Dennis Haines

Platystoechotes lineatus
Panorama Camp, Tulare County, California, USA
June 20, 1986
Size: 35 mm.
These large lacewings were emerging from the ground and crawling up the side of my friend's cabin. They make a silken cocoon in the soil. The larvae are down in the soil also.

I have cocoons, pupae and larval skins if anyone wants to work on these interesting neurops.

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Contributed by Dennis Haines on 20 December, 2007 - 8:18pm
Last updated 9 November, 2011 - 6:46am

#161779 Identification – Platystoechotes lineata
Identification confirmed.
… John D. Oswald, 18 December, 2008 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

Nevermind
Nevermind, I see they're two genus on the info page... they were so similar I wasn't sure
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 20 December, 2007 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

 
They are similar in the pictu
They are similar in the pictures, but they are quite different when seen side by side. Platystoechotes is much more robust.
… Dennis Haines, 20 December, 2007 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

Platy or Poly
Did you mean POLYstoechotes or PLATYstoechotes?
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 20 December, 2007 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Giant Lacewings.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 20 December, 2007 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

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