Meaning of giant lacewing | Babel Free

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Any insect of the family Polystoechotidae.

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“Judging by the material in Canadian insect collections, the giant lacewing, Polystoechotes punctatus, was a common insect in Ontario 50 years ago.”

“The punctured giant lacewing, Polystoechotes punctatus (Fabricius), the largest lacewing (greater than 35 mm) to inhabit the Great Lakes region, is quite rare.”

“The giant lacewings, family Polystoechotidae, comprise three or four extant and highly disjunct species restricted to the New World: Polystoechotes in Chile and North America (Figure 9.14), Platystoechotes in California, and Fontecilla in Chile (Carpenter, 1940; Oswald, 1998a).”

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