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NEUROPTERA, Dilaridae -- <Images> & <Juveniles>

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Dilaridae = Link 1

Adults resemble small brown moths: wings rounded, hairy, (and in Nallachius americanus, transparent except for many

light brown spots, a number of which coalesce to form irregular bands across the wing); costal cross veins of wings not

forked; male antennae pectinate; female ovipositor long, recurved over abdomen. Wing venation:

References: Please refer to <biology.ref.htm>, [Additional references may be found at: MELVYL Library ]