Hemerobius
| Hemerobius | |
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| Hemerobius stigma | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Family: | Hemerobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Hemerobiinae |
| Genus: | Hemerobius Linnaeus, 1758 |
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See List of Hemerobius species | |
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 synonymy
- Hemerobius elegans Stephens, 1836 (currently Sympherobius elegans)
- Hemerobius elegans Guérin-Méneville, 1844 (currently Vieira elegans)
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