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spoon-winged lacewing en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. Any insect of the family Nemopteridae.
    • The spoon-winged lacewing, a neuropteran, has been reported as having specialist pollen- and nectarfeeding mouthparts (Krenn et al. 2008) and to be a proficient flower visitor, selecting Brassicaceae and Asteraceae, but especially Achillea. 2011, Pat Willmer, Pollination and Floral Ecology, page 302:
    • The Myrmeleontiformia include antlions (Myrmeleontidae), owlflies (Ascalaphidae), spoon-winged lacewings (Nemopteridae), and two additional, rather obscure families. 2004, Michael F. Whitimg, “21: Phylogeny of the Holometabolous Insects: The Most Successful Group of Terrestrial Organisms”, in Joel Cracraft, Michael J. Donoghue, editors, Assembling the Tree of Life, page 351:

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Synonyms

thread-winged antlion (any species of Nemopteridae) · nemopterid (any species of Nemopteridae) · thread-winged lacewing (any species of Nemopteridae) · spoonwing (any species of Nemopteridae)