Chrysopinae is a subfamily of green lacewings in the insect family Chrysopidae

Chrysopidae

Green lacewings are insects in the large family Chrysopidae of the order Neuroptera. There are about 85 genera and 1,300–2,000 species in this widespread group...

 in the order Neuroptera

Neuroptera

The insect order Neuroptera, or net-winged insects, includes the lacewings, mantidflies, antlions, and their relatives. The order contains some 6,010 species...

. They are the nominate taxon

Taxon

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 and largest member of the green lacewing family (Chrysopidae), containing about 60 genera

Genera

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Members of the genus Chrysoperla

Chrysoperla

Chrysoperla is a genus of green lacewings in the insect family Chrysopidae in the order Neuroptera. Therein they belong to the Chrysopini, the largest tribe of subfamily Chrysopinae....

and the genus Chrysopa

Chrysopa

Chrysopa is a genus of green lacewings in the insect family Chrysopidae in the order Neuroptera.Members of this genus and the genus Chrysoperla are common in much of North America, Europe and Asia. They share similar characteristics and some species have been moved from one genus to the other and...

in this subfamily are common in Europe

Europe

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 and North America

North America

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. Their larvae are predatory

Predation

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 and feed on aphid

Aphid

Aphids, also known as plant lice and in Britain and the Commonwealth as greenflies, blackflies or whiteflies, are small sap sucking insects, and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea. Aphids are among the most destructive insect pests on cultivated plants in temperate regions...

s; some of these species have been used in biological pest control

Biological pest control

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, as has the Australia

Australia

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n Mallada signatus.

Genera

The genera

Genera

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 are divided into four tribe

Tribe (biology)

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Some Chrysopidae

Chrysopidae

Green lacewings are insects in the large family Chrysopidae of the order Neuroptera. There are about 85 genera and 1,300–2,000 species in this widespread group...

 are of presently unknown relationships

Incertae sedis

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. Of these genera, some are suspected to be Chrysopinae, namely:

• Tibetochrysa Yang, 1988
• Xanthochrysa Yang & Yang, 1991
• Yunchrysopa Yang & Wang, 1994