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Mallada basalis is a species of green lacewing in the family Chrysopidae, first described by Francis Walker in 1853. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life. The species was detected on mainland New Zealand in the 2010s.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Mallada basalis being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Chrysoperla externa
- Chrysoperla comanche
- Mallada traviatus
- Apertochrysa flavifrons
- Nineta flava
- Chrysopodes collaris
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Neuroptera
- Family
- Chrysopidae
- Genus
- Mallada
- Species
- Mallada basalis
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