Green lacewings are insects of the family Chrysopidae within the order Neuroptera, a large and widespread group of about 85 genera and between 1,300 and 2,000 species. The genera Chrysopa and Chrysoperla are especially common across North America and Europe, and the two are similar enough that many species have been reassigned between them repeatedly as classification has been revised. Because green lacewings are the most familiar neuropterans to most people, they are often simply called lacewings in everyday use, even though other families belong to the same order.
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Classification
System (Realm) Relationship to People Living or Extinct Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceBright green to greenish brown bodies with conspicuously golden compound eyes in many species. 1 Comparison
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1. Chrysopidae - Wikipedia
Lead paragraph
Green lacewings are insects in the large family Chrysopidae of the order Neuroptera.
Physical appearance section
The bodies are usually bright green to greenish-brown, and the compound eyes are conspicuously golden in many species.
Use in biological pest control
millions of such voracious Chrysopidae are reared for sale as biological control agents of insect and mite pests in agriculture and gardens
Diet and feeding
They feed on pollen, nectar and honeydew supplemented with mites, aphids and other small arthropods
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Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ623727, descriptionView the Source 4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Insecta
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Wikidata: Lacewing
Wikidata Q623727, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeChild Taxon Of: NeuropteraView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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