The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

LESTIDAE

Lestes inaequalis Walsh

Elegant Spreadwing


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Distribution Citations

1951 Harwell

[1990 Dunkle]
[1996 Westfall & May]
1997 Abbott Stewart Moulton
[1998 Abbott & Stewart]

2005 Abbott
[2008 NatureServe]

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:
<this species has been vetted and accepted as a valid Texas species>

-First Texas Record reported by Harwell (1951)

-nymphs in canopy covered permanent ponds, lakes, slow moving streams, marshes with abundant vegetation and heavily wooded shorelines (Abbott 2005)

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                          2010

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