Psychopsidae
Psychopsidae is a family of winged insects of the order Neuroptera. They are commonly called silky lacewings.
| Silky lacewings Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Psychopsis insolens | |
| Undulopsychopsis alexi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Neuroptera |
| Superfamily: | Psychopsoidea |
| Family: | Psychopsidae Handlirsch, 1906 |
| Genera | |
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The silky lacewings are distinguishable in their adult stage by their spectacularly patterned and pubescent wings, broad wing shape, dense venation, and the presence of a vena triplica (the apical fusion of three veins in the hindwing).
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