Mallada alcatoa, Banks, 1943 Chrysopa alcatoa, Banks, 1943[1] Mallada signata, Schneider, 1851 Mallada signatus, commonly known as the green lacewing[2] is a species of insect described by Wilhelm Gottlieb Schneider in 1851.

[3] It is one of the species most commonly found in southern Australia.

[4] They closely resemble Plesiochyrsa ramburi, however, the late instar larva and adults of Mallada signatus are smaller, with minimal dark markings on the head of the adults.

[5] They can be negatively effected by feeding on prey which has been in contact with neem oil.

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