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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

Tribe Leucochrysini

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Works Cited
Redcap For The Insect World - Leucochrysa pavida Leucochrysa subgenus Nodita - Leucochrysa explorata Chrysopidae larva - Leucochrysa pavida Green Lacewing - Leucochrysa callota Mt Hopkins Rd lacewing - Leucochrysa americana Chrysopidae and lichen covered house - Leucochrysa pavida Leucochrysa insularis? Laying eggs! - Leucochrysa insularis - female Leucochrysa insularis? Laying eggs! - Leucochrysa insularis - female
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
The genus Leucochrysa currently has Nodita treated as a subgenus, though older literature treated them as separate genera.
Explanation of Names
Leucochrysini Adams, 1978
Numbers
7 spp. in 1 genus in our area(1), 213 described spp. in 7 genera worldwide
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.
Contributed by v belov on 5 November, 2011 - 12:10pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 10 April, 2022 - 5:05am

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