Enallagma recurvatum

Enallagma recurvatum, the pine barrens bluet, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Enallagma recurvatum
A damselfly with blue and black stripes on its body and two small blue dots on an otherwise black head. Its long abdominal segments begin as more blue and become progressively black until the ending with a blue segment
A Pine Barrens Bluet is held by the wings for inspection
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Enallagma
Species:
E. recurvatum
Binomial name
Enallagma recurvatum

References
  1. Paulson, D.R. (2018). "Enallagma recurvatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T7720A80697085. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T7720A80697085.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  • Lam, E. (2004) Damselflies of the Northeast. Forest Hills, NY:Biodiversity Books. p. 66.


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