moth lacewing

English

A moth lacewing

Alternative forms

• moth-lacewing

Noun

moth lacewing (plural moth lacewings)

1. Any insect of the family Ithonidae.
   • 1936, Australian Museum Trust, Nature in Australia, page 145:

     He was also a great collector of the Moth-Lacewings, and the Silky-Lacewings, one of which, a small and delicate species, Psychopsella gallardi, was named in honour of him.

   • 1971, John Child, John E. B. Currey, Australia's insects, page 32:

     Moth lacewings, family Ithonidae, are dull-coloured and resemble moths; they have mass flights at dusk in summer and autumn.

   • 2000, Salton Sea Restoration Project: Environmental Impact Statement, page 1:

     Cheeseweed moth lacewing (Oliarces clara) is a federal sensitive species.

   • 2009, Shaun L. Winterton, Brian M. Wiegmann, “Lacewings (Neuroptera)”, in S. Blair Hedges, Sudhir Kumar, editors, The Timetree of Life, page 290:

     The most significant aspects of this work were (a) placement of Ithonidae (moth lacewings) not as the closest relative of remaining neuropterans but rather in a more derived position closer to Myrmeleontiformia and (b) the placement of Nevrorthidae, instead, as the earliest-branching family.

Synonyms

• (any species of Ithonidae): ithonid

References

• moth lacewing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ithonidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Ithonidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons