page_title: Chrysopinae
section_title: Genera
hierarchical_section_title: Chrysopinae / Genera
caption_attribution_description: English: Italochrysa italica Ricoh R8
context_page_description: Chrysopinae is a subfamily of green lacewings in the insect family Chrysopidae in the order Neuroptera. They are the nominate taxon and largest member of the green lacewing family, containing about 60 genera.
  Members of the genus Chrysoperla and the genus Chrysopa in this subfamily are common in Europe and North America. Their larvae are predatory and feed on aphids; some of these species have been used in biological pest control, as has the Australian Mallada signatus.
context_section_description: The genera are divided into four tribes:
  
  
   
  Ankylopterygini Navas, 1910
  Ankylopteryx Brauer, 1864
  Parankylopteryx Tjeder, 1966
  Retipenna Brooks, 1986
  Semachrysa Brooks, 1983
  Signochrysa Brooks & Barnard, 1990
  Belonopterygini
  Abachrysa Banks, 1938
  Belonopteryx Gerstaecker, 1863
  Calochrysa Banks, 1943
  Chrysacanthia Lacroix, 1923
  Chrysaloysia Navas, 1928
  Dysochrysa Tjeder, 1966
  Evanochrysa Brooks & Barnard, 1990
  Italochrysa Principi, 1946
  Nacarina Navás, 1915
  Nesochrysa Navás, 1910
  Nodochrysa Banks, 1938
  Oyochrysa Brooks, 1985
  Stigmachrysa Navás, 1925
  Turnerochrysa Kimmins, 1935
  Leucochrysini
  Berchmansus Navás, 1913
  Cacarulla Navas, 1910
  Gonzaga Navás, 1913
  Leucochrysa Banks, 1950 (including Nodita)
  Neula Navás, 1917
  Nuvol Navás, 1916
  Santocellus Tauber & Albuquerque, 2008
  Vieira Navás, 1913
   
  Chrysopini
  Anomalochrysa McLachlan, 1883
  Apertochrysa Tjeder, 1966
  Atlantochrysa Hölzel, 1970
  Austrochrysa Esben-Petersen, 1928
  Borniochrysa Brooks & Barnard, 1990
  Brinckochrysa Tjeder, 1966
  Ceraeochrysa Adams, 1982
  Ceratochrysa Tjeder, 1966
  Chrysemosa Brooks & Barnard, 1990
  Chrysocerca Weele, 1909
  Chrysopa  Leach in Brewster, 1815
  Chrysoperla Steinmann, 1964
  Chrysopidia Navás, 1911
  Chrysopodes Navás, 1913
  Cunctochrysa Hölzel, 1970
  Eremochrysa Banks, 1903
  Glenochrysa Esben-Petersen, 1920
  Himalochrysa Hölzel, 1973
  Kostka Navás, 1913
  Mallada Navás, 1925
  Meleoma Fitch, 1855
  Nineta Navás, 1912
  Parachrysopiella Brooks & Barnard, 1990
  Peyerimhoffina Lacroix, 1920
  Plesiochrysa Adams, 1982
  Pseudomallada Tsukaguchi, 1995
  Rexa Navás, 1920
  Suarius Navás, 1914
  Tumeochrysa Needham, 1909
  Ungla Navás, 1914
  Yumachrysa Banks, 1950
   
  Some Chrysopidae are of presently unknown relationships. Of these genera, some are suspected to be Chrysopinae, namely:
  Tibetochrysa Yang, 1988
  Xanthochrysa Yang & Yang, 1991
  Yunchrysopa Yang & Wang, 1994
caption: Italochrysa italica (Belonopterygini)
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