beaded lacewing

English

A beaded lacewing

Noun

beaded lacewing (plural beaded lacewings)

1. Any insect of the family Berothidae.
   • 1985, The Encyclopedia Americana, volume 1, page 645:

     Pleasing lacewings (Dilaridae) carry their hairy wings outstretched at rest and resemble small moths; beaded lacewings (Berothidae) look like caddis flies.

   • 2001, George O. Poinar, Raif Milki, Lebanese Amber: The Oldest Insect Ecosystem in Fossilized Resin, page 40:

     Extant beaded lacewings are rare, slender, small to medium insects that have a worldwide distribution.

   • 2008, Lionel Stange, “Lacewings Antlions and Mantispids (Neuroptera)”, in John L. Capinera, editor, Encyclopedia of Entomology, volume 4, page 2106:

     The family Berothidae, or beaded lacewings, is another family (about 110 species) of small (forewing length 6-15 mm), delicate lacewings occurring on all continents (except Antarctica).

Synonyms

• (any species of Berothidae) berothid