Polystoechotes

Polystoechotes is a genus of giant lacewings in the family Ithonidae. There are at least two described species in Polystoechotes, which are native to North America.^[1][2][3] The name is derived from the Greek πολύς (polys) meaning "much" and στοιχάς (stoichas) meaning "in rows behind another".^[4]

Polystoechotes
Polystoechotes punctata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Neuroptera
Family:	Ithonidae
Genus:	Polystoechotes Burmeister, 1839

Species

These two species belong to the genus Polystoechotes:

• Polystoechotes gazullai Navás, 1924,^[1][2][3] Chile
• Polystoechotes punctata (Fabricius, 1793),^[1][2][3] North America