Agriocnemis argentea is a species of
damselfly in the family
Coenagrionidae,[3]
commonly known as a silver wisp.[4]
It is a small damselfly; the male, when mature, is covered in a white
pruinescence.[4]
It is
endemic to northern
Australia[5]
where it inhabits both still and flowing waters.[6]
Etymology
The species name argentea is a Latin word meaning the colour of silver. In 1906
Robin Tillyard named this species of damselfly after the beautiful silvery white bloom covering of mature adults, which when flying ... appears as a bright silver streak, darting in and out of the grass.[2][7]
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abTheischinger, Günther; Hawking, John (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. p. 100.
ISBN978-0-64309-073-6.
^Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO.
ISBN0643051368.