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Definition of Hemerobiid
1. Noun. Small dark-colored lacewing fly.
Generic synonyms: Lacewing, Lacewing Fly
Group relationships: Family Hemerobiidae, Hemerobiidae
Definition of Hemerobiid
1. Noun. (zoology) Any member of the insect family Hemerobiidae, the brown lacewings. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemerobiid
Literary usage of Hemerobiid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry of the by Hawaii Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry (1907)
"hemerobiid, AVOCADO MEALY BUG ENEMIES. The first named ladybird ... and lace-wing
fly (hemerobiid) were also bred from this material and released. ..."
2. Field Book of Insects: With Special Reference to Those of Northeastern by Frank Eugene Lutz (1918)
"The larvae of hemerobiid.E are also "aphis-lions"; the adults have brownish or
smoky wings instead of greenish. MECOPTERA Adult males of the genus Panorpa ..."
3. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History by Boston Society of Natural History (1871)
"I took a specimen of this exceedingly rare hemerobiid insect, at Brunswick, Maine,
Sept. 16th. On showing it to Dr. Hagen, ..."
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