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Tribe Leucochrysini

Lacewing Larva with debris from below - Leucochrysa pavida

Green Lacewing with black antennae - Leucochrysa pavida

Debris-Carrying Green Lacewing Larvae - 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.

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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