English

Nemoptera bipennis

Noun

spoon-winged lacewing ‎(plural spoon-winged lacewings)

1. Any insect of the family Nemopteridae.
   • 1974, M. W. Mansell, Biology of Spoon-Winged Lacewings (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae: Nemopterinae), Proceedings of the ... Congress of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, Volumes 1-6, page 47.
   • 2004, Michael F. Whitimg, 21: Phylogeny of the Holometabolous Insects: The Most Successful Group of Terrestrial Organisms, Joel Cracraft, Michael J. Donoghue (editors), Assembling the Tree of Life, page 351,

     The Myrmeleontiformia include antlions (Myrmeleontidae), owlflies (Ascalaphidae), spoon-winged lacewings (Nemopteridae), and two additional, rather obscure families.

   • 2011, Pat Willmer, Pollination and Floral Ecology, page 302,

     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.

Synonyms

• (any species of Nemopteridae): nemopterid, thread-winged lacewing, thread-winged antlion, spoonwing