Variable wisp | |
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Kenelap Oxbow Lake Sabah, Borneo | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Coenagrionidae |
Genus: | Agriocnemis |
Species: | A. femina |
Binomial name | |
Agriocnemis femina | |
Agriocnemis femina, the variable wisp or pinhead wisp, [3] is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. [4] It is a small damselfly; mature males have a white pruinescence over their body, and a dark tail. It is found from India, through South-east Asia to islands in the Pacific. [3] where it inhabits pools and stagnant water. [5]
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