''Polystoechotes'' is a genus of
giant lacewing
Ithonidae, commonly called moth lacewings and giant lacewings, is a small family of winged insects of the insect order Neuroptera. The family contains a total of ten living genera, and over a dozen extinct genera described from fossils. The mode ...
s in the family
Ithonidae
Ithonidae, commonly called moth lacewings and giant lacewings, is a small family (biology), family of Pterygota, winged insects of the insect order (biology), order Neuroptera. The family contains a total of ten living genera, and over a dozen e ...
. There are at least two described species in ''Polystoechotes'', which are native to North America.
The name is derived from the Greek πολύς (''polys'') meaning "much" and στοιχάς (''stoichas'') meaning "in rows behind another".
Species
These two species belong to the genus ''Polystoechotes'':
* ''
Polystoechotes gazullai'' ,
[ Chile
* '' Polystoechotes punctata'' (Fabricius, 1793),][ North America
]
References
Further reading
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Ithonidae
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