Biology:Polystoechotes punctata

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Short description: Species of lacewing

Polystoechotes punctata
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Ithonidae
Genus: Polystoechotes
Species:
P. punctata
Binomial name
Polystoechotes punctata
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hemerobius irroratus Say, 1824
  • Hemerobius nebulosus Fabricus, 1798
  • Hemerobius vittatus Say, 1824
  • Osmylus validus Walker, 1853
  • Polystoechotes nebulosa (Fabricus, 1798)
  • Polystoechotes strictica Burmeister, 1839
  • Polystoechotes vittata (Say, 1824)
  • Semblis punctata Fabricus, 1793

Polystoechotes punctata is a species of giant lacewing in the family Ithonidae.[1][2][3] Found in Central America and North America,[4] this giant lacewing was considered extirpated from eastern North America by the 1950s but was serendipitously rediscovered in Fayetteville, Arkansas,[5] where it was found clinging to a facade at a Walmart in 2012.[6]

References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q2734799 entry