Chrysopa oculata

Chrysopa oculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Neuroptera
Family:	Chrysopidae
Genus:	Chrysopa
Species:	C. oculata
Binomial name
Chrysopa oculata Say, 1839
Synonyms [1]
Chrysopa chlorophana Burmeister, 1839 Chrysopa euryptera Burmeister, 1839 Chrysopa latipennis Schneider, 1851 Chrysopa albicornis Fitch, 1855 Chrysopa illepida Fitch, 1855 Chrysopa omikron Fitch, 1855 Chrysopa xanthocephala Fitch, 1855 Chrysopa fulvibucca Fitch, 1855 Chrysopa mississippiensis Fitch, 1855 Chrysopa bipunctata Fitch, 1855 Chrysopa transmarina Hagen, 1861 Nothochrysa annulata MacGillivray, 1894 Chrysopa assimilis Banks, 18989 Chrysopa mexicana Banks, 1901 Chrysopa separata Banks, 1911 Chrysopa rubicunda Navás, 1913 Cintameva conspersa Navás, 1929 Chrysopa conspersa (Navás, 1929)

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]

Gallery

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  Chrysopa oculata larva in Ontario
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  Chrysopa oculata adult in Oklahoma

References

1. Penny, Norman D.; Adans, Phillip A.; Stange, Lionel A. (1997). "Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera and Raphidioptera of America north of Mexico". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series. 50: 39–114.
2. Oswald, J.D.; Contreras-Ramos, A.; Penny, N.D. (2002). "33. Neuroptera (Neuropterida)". In Bousquets, J.L.; Morrone, J.J. (eds.). Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografía de Artrópodos de México: hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento. Vol. 3. Meksyk: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Distrito Federal. pp. 559–581. ISBN   968-36-4857-6.
3. Wise, K. A. J. (1995). "Records Concerning Biological Control of Insect Pests by Neuropteroidea (Insecta) in New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum . 32: 101–117. ISSN   0067-0464. JSTOR   42906455. OCLC   947969039. Wikidata   Q58677493.

External links

• Media related to Chrysopa oculata at Wikimedia Commons