# Chrysopa

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{{Short description|Genus of insects}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Crisopid July 2013-9a.jpg
| image_caption = ''Chrysopa sp.''
| display_parents = 2
| taxon = Chrysopa
| authority = [Leach](/source/William_Elford_Leach) in Brewster, 1815
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
| synonyms = ''Odontochrysa'' <small>Yang & Yang, 1991</small>
}}

'''''Chrysopa''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of green lacewings in the [neuropteran](/source/neuropteran) family [Chrysopidae](/source/Chrysopidae).

Members of this genus and the genus ''[Chrysoperla](/source/Chrysoperla)'' are common in much of North America, Europe and Asia. They share similar characteristics and some species have been moved from one genus to the other and back again.<ref name = e+g2007>{{cite journal |author=[Michael S. Engel](/source/Michael_S._Engel) & [David A. Grimaldi](/source/David_A._Grimaldi) |year=2007 |title=The neuropterid fauna of Dominican and Mexican amber (Neuropterida, Megaloptera, Neuroptera) |journal=[American Museum Novitates](/source/American_Museum_Novitates) |issue=3587 |pages=1–58 |url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5880/1/N3587.pdf |doi=10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3587[1:TNFODA]2.0.CO;2|s2cid=49393365 }}</ref> Their larvae are [predatory](/source/Predation) and feed on [aphid](/source/aphid)s and members of this genus have been used in [biological pest control](/source/biological_pest_control).

[William Elford Leach](/source/William_Elford_Leach) first described this genus in 1815 in [Brewster's](/source/David_Brewster) ''[Edinburgh Encyclopædia](/source/Edinburgh_Encyclop%C3%A6dia)''.<ref>{{cite journal |author=H. Steinmann |year=1964 |title=The ''Chrysopa'' species (Neuroptera) of Hungary |journal=Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici |volume=56 |pages=257–266 |url=http://www.smmi.hu/termtud/neurohu/pdf/85.pdf }}</ref> [Albert Koebele](/source/Albert_Koebele) introduced species of Chrysopa to [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) in the 1890s, as a method to combat [aphid](/source/aphid)s, however no ''Chrysopa'' species were able to establish.<ref name="Wise">{{Cite Q|Q58677493}}</ref>

==Species==
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* ''[Chrysopa abbreviata](/source/Chrysopa_abbreviata)''
* ''[Chrysopa chi](/source/Chrysopa_chi)'' <small>[Fitch](/source/Asa_Fitch), 1855</small> <ref name=ITIS>{{ITIS |id=666146 |taxon=''Chrysopa'' Leach in Brewster, 1815 |accessdate=January 18, 2011}}</ref>
* ''[Chrysopa coloradensis](/source/Chrysopa_coloradensis)'' <small>[Banks](/source/Nathan_Banks), 1895 </small><ref name=ITIS/>
* ''[Chrysopa dorsalis](/source/Chrysopa_dorsalis)'' <ref name=UP>{{cite web |url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/76806 |title=''Chrysopa'' |work=[UniProt](/source/UniProt) taxonomy |accessdate=January 19, 2011}}</ref>
* ''[Chrysopa excepta](/source/Chrysopa_excepta)'' <small>[Banks](/source/Nathan_Banks), 1911 </small><ref name=ITIS/>
* ''[Chrysopa formosa](/source/Chrysopa_formosa)'' <ref name=UP/>
* ''[Chrysopa incompleta](/source/Chrysopa_incompleta)'' <small>[Banks](/source/Nathan_Banks), 1911 </small><ref name=ITIS/>
* ''[Chrysopa intima](/source/Chrysopa_intima)'' <ref name=UP/>
* ''[Chrysopa lezeyi](/source/Chrysopa_lezeyi)'' <ref name=UP/>
* ''[Chrysopa nigra](/source/Chrysopa_nigra)'' <ref name=UP/>
* ''[Chrysopa nigricornis](/source/Chrysopa_nigricornis)'' <small>[Burmeister](/source/Hermann_Burmeister), 1839 </small><ref name=ITIS/>
* ''[Chrysopa oculata](/source/Chrysopa_oculata)'' <small>[Say](/source/Thomas_Say), 1839 </small><ref name=ITIS/>
* ''[Chrysopa pallens](/source/Chrysopa_pallens)'' <ref name=UP/>
* ''[Chrysopa perla](/source/Chrysopa_perla)'' <ref name=UP/>
* ''[Chrysopa pleuralis](/source/Chrysopa_pleuralis)'' <small>[Banks](/source/Nathan_Banks), 1911 </small><ref name=ITIS/>
* ''[Chrysopa quadripunctata](/source/Chrysopa_quadripunctata)'' <small>[Burmeister](/source/Hermann_Burmeister), 1839 </small><ref name=ITIS/>
* ''[Chrysopa slossonae](/source/Chrysopa_slossonae)'' <small>[Banks](/source/Nathan_Banks), 1924 </small><ref name=ITIS/>
* ''[Chrysopa viridana](/source/Chrysopa_viridana)'' <ref name=UP/>
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==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Chrysopidae
Category:Insects used as insect pest control agents
Category:Neuroptera genera
Category:Neuroptera of Europe
Category:Neuroptera of Asia
Category:Neuroptera of the Americas

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