Nemoptera sinuata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Neuroptera |
Family: | Nemopteridae |
Genus: | Nemoptera |
Species: | N. sinuata
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Binomial name | |
Nemoptera sinuata (Olivier, 1811)
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Nemoptera sinuata is a diurnal species of spoonwing lacewing or thread-winged lacewing within the spoonwing family Nemopteridae.[1] It is a Balkan-Anatolian species distributed throughout the Balkan peninsula, specifically found in Bulgaria, East Thrace, Greece, and North Macedonia[2] and in Turkey.[3] They inhabit forests and open grasslands, with flights near river gorges as well.[4]
Individuals are 16 mm in length with a wingspan of 55 mm.