moth lacewing
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Noun[edit]
moth lacewing (plural moth lacewings)
- Any insect of the family Ithonidae.
- 1936, Australian Museum Trust, Nature in Australia, page 145:
- He was also a great collector of the Moth-Lacewings, and the Silky-Lacewings, one of which, a small and delicate species, Psychopsella gallardi, was named in honour of him.
- 1971, John Child, John E. B. Currey, Australia's insects, page 32:
- Moth lacewings, family Ithonidae, are dull-coloured and resemble moths; they have mass flights at dusk in summer and autumn.
- 2000, Salton Sea Restoration Project: Environmental Impact Statement, page 1:
- Cheeseweed moth lacewing (Oliarces clara) is a federal sensitive species.
- 2009, Shaun L. Winterton, Brian M. Wiegmann, “Lacewings (Neuroptera)”, in S. Blair Hedges, Sudhir Kumar, editors, The Timetree of Life, page 290:
- The most significant aspects of this work were (a) placement of Ithonidae (moth lacewings) not as the closest relative of remaining neuropterans but rather in a more derived position closer to Myrmeleontiformia and (b) the placement of Nevrorthidae, instead, as the earliest-branching family.
Synonyms[edit]
- (any species of Ithonidae): ithonid
References[edit]
moth lacewing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Ithonidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Ithonidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
