moth lacewing
noun1
Any insect of the family Ithonidae.
- 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.1936, Australian Museum Trust, Nature in Australia, page 145:
- Moth lacewings, family Ithonidae, are dull-coloured and resemble moths; they have mass flights at dusk in summer and autumn.1971, John Child, John E. B. Currey, Australia's insects, page 32:
2 more examples
- Cheeseweed moth lacewing (Oliarces clara) is a federal sensitive species.2000, Salton Sea Restoration Project: Environmental Impact Statement, page 1:
- 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.2009, Shaun L. Winterton, Brian M. Wiegmann, “Lacewings (Neuroptera)”, in S. Blair Hedges, Sudhir Kumar, editors, The Timetree of Life, page 290:
- Synonyms
- ithonid