Lestes tenuatus

Lestes tenuatus, the blue-striped spreadwing, is a species of spreadwing in the damselfly family Lestidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.[2][3][1][4]

Lestes tenuatus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Lestidae
Genus:	Lestes
Species:	L. tenuatus
Binomial name
Lestes tenuatus Rambur, 1842

The IUCN conservation status of Lestes tenuatus is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017.[1][5][6]

References

1. "Lestes tenuatus Red List status". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
2. "Lestes tenuatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
3. "Lestes tenuatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
4. "Lestes tenuatus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
5. "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
6. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

• Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.