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Hemerobius

Hemerobius is a genus of lacewings in the family Hemerobiidae. It is found throughout Europe and North America. Like most lacewings, both the larvae and adults are predatory, primarily eating acarines, scale insects, psyllids, aphids, thrips, and the eggs of lepidopterans and whiteflies.Names brought to synonymyHemerobius elegans Stephens, 1836 Hemerobius elegans Guérin-Méneville, 1844

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Hemerobius
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Hemerobiidae
Subfamily: Hemerobiinae
Genus: Hemerobius
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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Hemerobius is a genus of lacewings in the family Hemerobiidae. It is found throughout Europe and North America.1 Like most lacewings, both the larvae and adults are predatory, primarily eating acarines, scale insects, psyllids, aphids, thrips, and the eggs of lepidopterans and whiteflies.

Names brought to synonymy
  • Hemerobius elegans Stephens, 1836 (currently Sympherobius elegans)
  • Hemerobius elegans Guérin-Méneville, 1844 (currently Vieira elegans)2
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References

References

  1. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, 2013-07-01. Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/1730162 on 2013-11-02
  2. Hemerobius elegans Stephens, 1836 (currently Sympherobius elegans) and Hemerobius elegans Guérin-Méneville, 1844 (currently Vieira elegans) (Insecta, Neuroptera): proposed conservation of the specific names. JD Oswald, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, Volume 64, Issue 3, pages 174-177
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