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Definition of Lacewing fly
1. Noun. Any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids.
Generic synonyms: Neuropteran, Neuropteron, Neuropterous Insect
Specialized synonyms: Chrysopid, Green Lacewing, Stink Fly, Brown Lacewing, Hemerobiid, Hemerobiid Fly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lacewing Fly
Literary usage of Lacewing fly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Entomologist edited by Benjamin Dann Walsh, Charles V Riley, George Vasey (1868)
"The particular species of lacewing fly that preys in this savage manner upon the
Curculio larva I was not able to ascertain, as I failed to breed the larva ..."
2. The Practical Teacher by Joseph Hughes (1882)
"The eye of the lacewing fly is a truly wonderful object, far surpassing both in
brilliancy and depth of colour that of any other insect. ..."
3. The Monthly Microscopical Journal: Transactions of the Royal Microscopical (1873)
"... while perhaps their worst insect enemy was the larva of the lacewing fly.
The gardener was, however, the most inveterate foe of the " green fly" : he ..."
4. The Review of Applied Entomology by Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, Imperial Bureau of Entomology (1916)
"California Green lacewing fly.—Jl. Agric. Research, Washington, DC, vi, no. ...
(green lacewing fly) occurs in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, ..."
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