Leucochrysa

Leucochrysa
L. pavida in Tennessee
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Chrysopidae
Subfamily: Chrysopinae
Tribe: Leucochrysini
Genus: Leucochrysa
McLachlan, 1868
Subgenera
Diversity
196 described species
Synonyms
  • Lachlanita Navás, 1929

Leucochrysa is a genus of green lacewings in the family Chrysopidae. As of 2013, there are 196 described species in Leucochrysa, found in the Americas.

L. pavida larva in Virginia

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References

  1. 1 2 Tauber, Catherine A.; Sosa, Francisco; Albuquerque, Gilberto S. (2013). "Two common and problematic leucochrysine species – Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) varia (Schneider) and L. (L.) pretiosa (Banks) (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae): redescriptions and synonymies". ZooKeys (310): 57–101. doi:10.3897/zookeys.310.5071. PMC 3690963. PMID 23805050.

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