beaded lacewing

plural beaded lacewings

1. Any insect of the family Berothidae.

   Extant beaded lacewings are rare, slender, small to medium insects that have a worldwide distribution.

   2001, George O. Poinar, Raif Milki, Lebanese Amber: The Oldest Insect Ecosystem in Fossilized Resin, page 40

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   Pleasing lacewings (Dilaridae) carry their hairy wings outstretched at rest and resemble small moths; beaded lacewings (Berothidae) look like caddis flies.

   1985, The Encyclopedia Americana, volume 1, page 645

   The family Berothidae, or beaded lacewings, is another family (about 110 species) of small (forewing length 6-15 mm), delicate lacewings occurring on all continents (except Antarctica).

   2008, Lionel Stange, “Lacewings Antlions and Mantispids (Neuroptera)”, in John L. Capinera, editor, Encyclopedia of Entomology, volume 4, page 2106

   Synonyms: berothid