Hemerobius is a genus of lacewings in the family Hemerobiidae. It is found throughout Europe and North America.The Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, 2013-07-01. Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/1730162 on 2013-11-02 Like most lacewings, both the larvae and adults are predatory, primarily eating acarines, scale insects, psyllids, aphids, thrips, and the eggs of lepidopterans and whiteflies.
Names brought to synonymy Hemerobius elegans Stephens, 1836 (currently Sympherobius elegans) Hemerobius elegans Guérin-Méneville, 1844 (currently Vieira elegans)Hemerobius elegans Stephens, 1836 (currently Sympherobius elegans) and Hemerobius elegans Guérin-Méneville, 1844 (currently Vieira elegans) (Insecta, Neuroptera): proposed conservation of the specific names. JD Oswald, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, Volume 64, Issue 3, pages 174-177
See also List of Hemerobius species
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