Chrysopinae is the nominate subfamily of green lacewings in the insect family Chrysopidae in the order Neuroptera. This subfamily is also the largest within the family and comprises about 60 genera.
Members of the genus Chrysoperla and the genus Chrysopa in this subfamily are common in Europe and North America. Chrysopinae larvae are predatory and feed on aphids; some of these species have been used in biological pest control, as has the Australian Mallada signatus.
Genera The following genera are divided into four tribes: Ankylopterygini Navas, 1910 Ankylopteryx Chrysopidia Parankylopteryx Retipenna Semachrysa Signochrysa
Belonopterygini Navas, 1913
Abachrysa Belonopteryx Calochrysa Chrysacanthia Chrysaloysia Dysochrysa Evanochrysa Italochrysa Nacarina Nesochrysa Nodochrysa Oyochrysa Stigmachrysa Turnerochrysa Vieira
Chrysopini Selected genera: Apertochrysa (syn Pseudomallada) Austrochrysa Ceraeochrysa Chrysopa Chrysoperla Cunctochrysa Eremochrysa Kymachyrsa Mallada Nineta Suarius Titanochrysa Yumachrysa
Leucochrysini Berchmansus Cacarulla Gonzaga Leucochrysa (syn Nodita) Neula Nuvol Santocellus
Tribe incertae sedis †Paleochrysopa (Eocene, France) †Pseudosencera (Eocene, Europe)
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