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Common Green Lacewings
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Common Green Lacewings

Chrysoperla

Chrysoperla is a genus of common green lacewings in the neuropteran family Chrysopidae. Therein they belong to the Chrysopini, the largest tribe of subfamily Chrysopinae. Their larvae are predatory and feed on aphids, and members of this genus have been used in biological pest control.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

carnea-group Green Lacewings

complexChrysoperla carnea

pudica-group Green Lacewings

complexChrysoperla pudica

furcifera-group Green Lacewings

complexChrysoperla furcifera

comans-group Green Lacewings

complexChrysoperla comans

nyerina-group Green Lacewings

complexChrysoperla nyerina

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 59441.