The green lacewings of Romania, their ecological patterns and occurrence in some agricultural crops

The pollens consumed by common green lacewings Chrysoperla spp. (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) in cabbage crop environment in western France

“…Our results for feeding behaviour corroborate the studies on the carnea complex: life history and biology (Tauber & Tauber, 1973;Duelli et al, 1997;Henry et al, 1999;Ventura et al, 2000), ecophysiology (Thierry et al, 1994) and ecology (Henry et al, 1996(Henry et al, , 2001Paulian, 2001), characterised, for example, by the way of overwintering (Thierry et al, 1998(Thierry et al, , 2002.…”

“…According to Paulian (2001), Ch. lucasina is more frequent and abundant in field crops and on herbaceous plants, where it is the first species to appear in spring, while the common green lacewing is rather a more frequent tree canopy inhabitant.…”

Pollen preference of the Chrysoperla species (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) occurring in the crop environment in western France

“…Ecological requirements can account for the differences in feeding behaviour of these sibling species of the carnea complex (Thierry et al, 1992): Ch. lucasina frequently occurs in field crops and on herbaceous plants in summer (Henry et al, 1996;Paulian, 2001) while the other species lives on bushes and herbaceous plants (Thierry et al, 1996). Within their habitat, however, adults choose their food.…”

Attraction of green lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) to native plants used as ground cover in woody Mediterranean agroecosystems

“…292 The abundance of the Neuroptera taxa was found to be much lower than that of other were present in our study. C. lucasina was the most abundant species collected, which 300 is probably due to its wide holomediterranean distribution, effective adaptation to 301 high temperatures compared to other species (Thierry et al, 1996) and its preference 302 for spring-flowering herbaceous plants (Paulian, 2001;Villenave et al, 2005). On the 303 other hand, the limited presence of C. pallida could be related to its preference for 304 trees both inside and on the edge of forests despite its visits to herbaceous plants 305 (Duelli et al, 2002;Monserrat, 2016).…”