Orthetrum albistylum (Selys, 1848)

Bazzi, Gaia, Galimberti, Andrea, Foglini, Claudio, Bani, Luciano, Bazzi, Lionello, Bonvicini, Piero, Brembilla, Roberto, Brigo, Massimo, Cavenaghi, Alberto, Colombo, Giuseppe, Della Pieta, Cesare, Galliani, Carlo, Guarnaroli, Ettore, Larroux, Nicola, Monti, Alessandro, Orioli, Valerio, Ornaghi, Francesco, Pilon, Nicola, Pirotta, Giuliana, Radaelli, Giovanni, Tessa, Giulia & Assandri, Giacomo, 2023, Odonate diversity of a highly urbanised region: An annotated checklist of the damselflies and dragonflies (Insecta, Odonata) of Lario and Brianza (Lombardy, N Italy), Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 111358-111358 : 111358

Orthetrum albistylum (Selys, 1848)

Native status

R

Conservation status

erl: LC; irl: LC

Notes

Flight period: II May - II September

The species occurs mainly south of Lake Como, where it is common and widespread in small and medium lakes, ponds and ditches up to ca. 400 m a.s.l. An isolated population, which inhabits the northern end of the area (i.e. Pian di Spagna and, notably, Laghetti della Peschiera, at ca. 600 m a.s.l.), seems the result of recent colonisation, as there are no historical records referred to these well-explored sites. This is in line with previous evidence of a northwards expansion of the species in Europe, attributable to climate change ( Boudot and Kalkman 2015).