Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius, 1798) Conservation

Pompilio, Lucia & Mosini, Andrea, 2021, The Odonate fauna of Val Grande National Park (Insecta: Odonata), Fragmenta entomologica 53 (1), pp. 25-42 : 34

19. Orthetrum coerulescens (Fabricius, 1798) Conservation and breeding status: LC (EU), LC (IT), LC (MED), NB

Two records relative to this palearctic lentic species were collected in EXP in habitats of slowly running water (4,6); breeding was not confirmed. Until 2007 O. coerulescens was reported as widely occurring in plains and hilly areas of Piedmont, but lack of data relative to its presence in the alpine valleys at the time led authors to consider its occurrence unlikely in the Alps ( Boano et al. 2007). Later improved data collection confirmed its presence in the valleys ( Riservato et al. 2014c), including the province of VCO where 5 records came from altitudes ranging from 700 m to 1975 m ( Clemente et al. 2011; authors unpublished data). Thus, further surveys are needed to ascertain its presence at higher altitudes inside and around VGNP.