Chrysoperla | |
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Adult Chrysoperla sp. photographed in France | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Neuroptera |
Family: | Chrysopidae |
Subfamily: | Chrysopinae |
Tribe: | Chrysopini |
Genus: | Chrysoperla Steinmann, 1964 |
Diversity | |
Over 60 species |
Chrysoperla is a genus of common green lacewings in the neuropteran family Chrysopidae.[1] Therein they belong to the Chrysopini, the largest tribe of subfamily Chrysopinae.[2] Their larvae are predatory and feed on aphids, and members of this genus have been used in biological pest control.[3][4]