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Neuroptera

the order of ENDOPTERYGOTE insects containing the alderflies and lacewings, possessing two pairs of similar, membranous wings.
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Preliminary study on lipids in Chrysoperla kolthoffi during diapause (Neuroptera, Chrsopidae).
Larvae were collected from pits by excavating the substrate around and under the pit with a spoon or similar tool, then straining the substrate through a screen to isolate the larvae for identification, as pit-building antlions (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) occupy the same habitat.
Photoperiodic control of development in the ant-lion Hagenomyia micans (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae).
Because parthenogenesis is unknown in Neuroptera (Chapman 1982), production of fertile eggs, i.e.
Alderfly (Neuroptera: Sialidae) flight periods, sex ratios, and habitat use in a Virginia freshwater tidal marsh, low forest, and their ecotones.
The green lacewing, Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) is one of the most commonly and widely used natural enemy for population management of insect pests (Finney, 1948; O'Neil et al., 1998; Gurr et al., 2012).
The hosts of Pteromalidae include Hemiptera, Neuroptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Siphonaptera, Hymenoptera, Dermaptera and Homoptera.
Development and reproductive performance of Chrysoperla externa (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) using preys from wheat crop
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