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Species Chrysoperla harrisii - Harris's Green Lacewing

Chrysopini: Chrysoperla sp? - Chrysoperla harrisii

Chrysoperla harrisii - Chrysoperla harrisii

Harris's Green Lacewing Larvae - Dorsal - Chrysoperla harrisii

Harris's Green Lacewing Larvae - Lateral - Chrysoperla harrisii

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 Chrysopini

Genus Chrysoperla (Common Green Lacewings)

No Taxon (pudica-group)

Species harrisii (Harris's Green Lacewing)

Explanation of Names

Chrysoperla harrisii (Fitch, 1855)

harrisii = named after Thaddeus William Harris, an American entomologist and botanist who particularly studied the flora and fauna of New England.

Identification

Noted for the extensively red genae, broad red marks behind the eyes, brown spots at the anterior corners of the prothorax, and entirely green wing venation.

Where this species occurs, it may be confused with C. rufilabris if the wing venation isn't inspected for the presence of absence of black cross-veins.

Range

Canada: ON; United States: DC, IN, KS, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, TN, TX, WI(1)(2)

Remarks

Western reports of this species in British Columbia and Alaska (1) were investigated by Garland (1985) and were determined to be misidentified members of the carnea-group.(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.	Identification of Chrysopidae in Canada, with Bionomic Notes (Neuroptera) J.A. Garland. 1985. Canadian Entomologist 117: 737-762.

Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 1 December, 2020 - 10:31pm
Last updated 18 May, 2021 - 3:01am

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