Chrysopa oculata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Neuroptera |
Family: | Chrysopidae |
Genus: | Chrysopa |
Species: | C. oculata |
Binomial name | |
Chrysopa oculata Say, 1839 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Chrysopa oculata is a species of green lacewing in the family Chrysopidae. It is found transcontinentally from Canada south to Mexico. [1] [2] This species was imported to New Zealand in 1926, as a way to control aphid populations; however, it did not become established in the country. [3]