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Species Micromus variolosus

Brown Lacewing - Micromus variolosus Winter insect with translucent, dark-veined wings - Micromus variolosus Hemerobiidae? - Micromus variolosus Micromus variolosus Micromus variolosus Hemerobiidae: Micromus sp.? - Micromus variolosus Brown Lacewing - Micromus variolosus Brown Lacewing  ? - Micromus variolosus
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 Microminae
Genus Micromus
Species variolosus (Micromus variolosus)
Identification
Range
western (Canada: BC, SK, YT; United States: AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY) plus IN, MN(1)
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.