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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Spongilla Lacewings (Sisyridae) » Sisyra » Sisyra vicaria
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Brown Lacewing or Spongillafly? - Sisyra vicaria
Copyright © 2014 Peter A. Clausen

Brown Lacewing or Spongillafly? - Sisyra vicaria
Sherwood, Washington County, Oregon, USA
July 22, 2014
Size: 6mm
Not too uncommon at lights at night, including UV.

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Contributed by Peter A. Clausen on 23 July, 2014 - 1:21am
Last updated 26 May, 2015 - 10:17pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from Hemerobiiformia.
… v belov, 26 May, 2015 - 10:17pm login or register to post comments

I'm guessing it's a spongillafly...
...based on the way the costal and subcostal veins pinch together toward the anterior base of the forewing. From the diagrams, this is really different from the wide separation of these two veins of hemerobiids at this area of the wing, just before they almost meet right at the wingbase.

But I'm a rank amateur with this group... So let's see what the others say.
… Joe, 23 July, 2014 - 2:35am login or register to post comments

 
Of course, my fingers...
...ARE crossed for it to be a spongillafly! I think I've found at least 3 of this species in the last week. Thanks for checking in with a response on the night shift!
… Peter A. Clausen, 23 July, 2014 - 2:54am login or register to post comments

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