Hemerobius
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| 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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Hemerobius is a genus of lacewings in the family Hemerobiidae. It is found throughout Europe and North America.[1] 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)[2]
