Psychopsidae is a family of winged insects of the order Neuroptera. They are commonly called silky lacewings.
Image: Silky Lacewing (6769953805)
Image: Zoo Keys 130 217 g 001 Undulopsychopsis alexi
The insect order Neuroptera, or net-winged insects, includes the lacewings, mantisflies, antlions, and their relatives. The order consists of some 6,000 species. Neuroptera is grouped together with the Megaloptera and Raphidioptera (snakeflies) in the unranked taxon Neuropterida.
Neuroptera
Larva of Osmylus fulvicephalus, Osmylidae
Larva of Sisyra sp., Sisyridae
Patterned wing of Paleogene (49 mya) fossil Palaeopsychops marringerae (Ithonidae)