spoon-winged lacewing

plural spoon-winged lacewings

1. Any insect of the family Nemopteridae.

   The Myrmeleontiformia include antlions (Myrmeleontidae), owlflies (Ascalaphidae), spoon-winged lacewings (Nemopteridae), and two additional, rather obscure families.

   2004, Michael F. Whitimg, “21: Phylogeny of the Holometabolous Insects: The Most Successful Group of Terrestrial Organisms”, in Joel Cracraft, Michael J. Donoghue, editors, Assembling the Tree of Life, page 351

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   The spoon-winged lacewing, a neuropteran, has been reported as having specialist pollen- and nectarfeeding mouthparts (Krenn et al. 2008) and to be a proficient flower visitor, selecting Brassicaceae and Asteraceae, but especially Achillea.

   2011, Pat Willmer, Pollination and Floral Ecology, page 302

   Synonyms: nemopterid, thread-winged lacewing, thread-winged antlion, spoonwing