Agriocnemis argentea Tillyard, 1906 is a animal in the Coenagrionidae family, order Odonata, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Agriocnemis argentea Tillyard, 1906

Agriocnemis argentea Tillyard, 1906

Agriocnemis argentea, the silver wisp, is a small damselfly endemic to northern Australia.

Genus
Agriocnemis
Order
Odonata
Class
Insecta

About Agriocnemis argentea Tillyard, 1906

Agriocnemis argentea is a species of damselfly that belongs to the family Coenagrionidae. It is commonly known by the common name silver wisp. This is a small species of damselfly. Mature males of the species are entirely covered in white pruinescence. The species is endemic to northern Australia, and can be found living in both still and flowing bodies of water there.

Photo: (c) Reiner Richter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Reiner Richter · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Odonata Coenagrionidae Agriocnemis

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