page_title: Hemerobius
hierarchical_section_title: Hemerobius
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Hemerobius cf. humulinus am 18.5.2017 südlich von Mannheim
context_page_description: Hemerobius is a genus of lacewings in the family Hemerobiidae. It is found throughout Europe and North America. 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
  Hemerobius elegans Guérin-Méneville, 1844
context_section_description: Hemerobius is a genus of lacewings in the family Hemerobiidae. It is found throughout Europe and North America. 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)
caption: Hemerobius humulinus
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