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Tribe Leucochrysini

Lacewing Larva, debris REMOVED - Leucochrysa pavida large spotted green lacewing - Leucochrysa insularis green lacewing larva - Leucochrysa pavida Green Lacewing? - Leucochrysa pavida Lichen-ed larva (dorsal) - Leucochrysa pavida Eremochrysa? - Leucochrysa americana What type of bug? - Leucochrysa floridana Leucochrysa pavida
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.