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• The Myrmeleontiformia include antlions (Myrmeleontidae), owlflies (Ascalaphidae), spoon-winged lacewings (Nemopteridae), and two additional, rather obscure families.2004, Michael F. Whitimg, “21: Phylogeny of the Holometabolous Insects: The Most Successful Group of Terrestrial Organisms”, in Joel…. From the entry spoon-winged lacewing
• Berothids, beaded lacewings, are fairly common in the warmer parts of North America where termites are abundant.2002, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, page 186. From the entry berothid
• Extant beaded lacewings are rare, slender, small to medium insects that have a worldwide distribution.2001, George O. Poinar, Raif Milki, Lebanese Amber: The Oldest Insect Ecosystem in Fossilized Resin, page 40. From the entry beaded lacewing
• Polystoechotids, or giant lacewings, are among the largest of North American neuropterans, and among the least known.1997, Walter Creighton Brown, Species of the Guentheri group of Platymantis (Amphibia: Ranidae) from the Philippines: Proceedings of the…. From the entry polystoechotid
• Green lacewings eat red spiders, aphids, mealy bugs, thrips, scale, and more.1995, Laurie Carlson, Green Thumbs: A Kid's Activity Guide to Indoor and Outdoor Gardening, page 55. From the entry green lacewing
• The beautiful silky lacewings (Psychopsidae) have their headquarters in Australia, where some 12 species have been described.1983, Grolier Society of Australia, The Australian Encyclopaedia, volume 6, page 45. From the entry silky lacewing
• Recent hemerobiids (brown lacewings) are terrestrial insects and both adults and larvae prey on small soft-bodied arthropods.1977, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Geology series, volume 33, page 259. From the entry hemerobiid
• Coccinellid beetles and hemerobiids (brown lacewings), and other such predators are most likely to have a major impact on aphid densities.2010, Claire Ozanne, “Chapter 9: Insect pests of some forest trees”, in Bryan G. Bowes, editor, Trees and Forests, page 180. From the entry hemerobiid
• Still, the most studied taxa within this order are the chrysopids, and most adult green lacewings are glucophagous to some degree.2009, Jonathan G. Lundgren, Relationships of Natural Enemies and Non-prey Foods, page 30. From the entry chrysopid
• Pleasing lacewings (Dilaridae) carry their hairy wings outstretched at rest and resemble small moths; beaded lacewings (Berothidae) look like caddis flies.2006, Encyclopedia Americana, volume 1, page 645. From the entry pleasing lacewing
• Cheeseweed moth lacewing (Oliarces clara) is a federal sensitive species.2000, Salton Sea Restoration Project: Environmental Impact Statement, page 1. From the entry moth lacewing
• A single, rare species of pleasing lacewing, Nallachius americanus (MacLachlan), occurs in the southern parts of the Great Lakes region.1996, Gary A. Dunn, Insects of the Great Lakes Region, page 154. From the entry pleasing lacewing
• Moth lacewings, family Ithonidae, are dull-coloured and resemble moths; they have mass flights at dusk in summer and autumn.1971, John Child, John E. B. Currey, Australia's insects, page 32. From the entry moth lacewing
• Several species of green lacewings are native to this region, all general predators that feed on a wide variety of insect pests.1998, Whitney Cranshaw, Pests of the West: Prevention and Control for Today's Garden and Small Farm, page 24. From the entry green lacewing
• The punctured giant lacewing, Polystoechotes punctatus (Fabricius), the largest lacewing (greater than 35 mm) to inhabit the Great Lakes region, is quite rare.1996, Gary A. Dunn, Insects of the Great Lakes Region, page 154. From the entry giant lacewing
• Judging by the material in Canadian insect collections, the giant lacewing, Polystoechotes punctatus, was a common insect in Ontario 50 years ago.1995, Toronto Entomologists' Association, Ontario Insects, volumes 1-4, page 20. From the entry giant lacewing
• Psychopsidae, the silky lacewings, is clearly the most plesiomorphic family of the superfamily, with 26 species conforming to an early Gondwanan distribution in South Africa, Australia, and parts of Asia.1997, Charles S. Henry, “11: Modern mating systems in archaic Holometabola: sexuality in neuropterid insects”, in Jae C. Choe, Bernard J.…. From the entry silky lacewing

Meaning of lacewing

1. noun Any of a number of gauzy-winged insects of certain families within the order Neuroptera.
2. noun Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cethosia (order Lepidoptera).

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How do you use lacewing in a sentence?

Lacewing is used as a noun. For example: “We recently proposed a new genus of Thorny Lacewing (Insecta, Neuroptera, Rhachiberothidae) from the Eocene amber of France.”

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“Cheeseweed moth lacewing (Oliarces clara) is a federal sensitive species.”

What does lacewing mean?

Lacewing means any of a number of gauzy-winged insects of certain families within the order Neuroptera.