Yellow-Spotted Whiteface (Leucorrhinia pectoralis)
• English name: Yellow-Spotted Whiteface
• German name: Grosse Moosjungfer
• French name: Leucorrhine à gros thorax
• Dutch name: Gevlekte witsnuitlibel
• Swedish name: Citronfläckad kärrtrollslända
• Norwegian name: Stor torvlibelle
• Finnish name: Täplälampikorento
• Danish name: Stor kærguldsmed
• Italian name: Frontebianca maggiore
• Czech name: vážka jasnoskvrnná
• Slovenian name: Dristavični spreletavec
• Bulgarian name: Жълтопетнисто графитче
Yellow-Spotted Whiteface (Leucorrhinia pectoralis)
Not present
Present before 1990
Present after 1990
Present before and after 1990
Present after 2015
Map data based on J.-P. Boudot & V. J. Kalkman (eds.),
Atlas of the European Dragonflies and Damselflies
| General | • a medium-sized species of (central and) north-eastern Europe | |
| Classification | • suborder: Anisoptera (dragonflies); family: Libellulidae | |
| Conservation status | • IUCN Red List Europe: Least Concern | |
| Scientific name | • Leucorrhinia pectoralis (Charpentier, 1825) | |
| Distribution | • click or tap the Map button above | |
| Habitat | • bogs, ponds and lakes | |
| Dimensions | • typical body length: 32-39 mm; hindwing: 30-33 mm | |
| Notes | • libellulids are 'sitters': males spend a lot of time perched at the water's edge, waiting for females | |
| • a little bigger than L. rubicunda | ||
| Both sexes | Head | ➤ the face is white |
| • the eyes are brown | ||
| Abdomen | ➤ the appendages are black | |
| ➤ S7 bears a very large (bright) yellow spot | ||
| Wings | • the (hind)wings bear a small dark patch at the base | |
| Male | Thorax | • the thorax is red/brown with ditto antehumeral stripe and spots on the side (in immature males: yellow antehumeral stripe and spots) |
| Abdomen | • the abdomen is black with very large red/brown spots on S1-S6 (in immature males: yellow spots) | |
| Female | Thorax | • the thorax is yellow/brown with ditto antehumeral stripe and spots on the side (in immature females: yellow antehumeral stripe and spots) |
| Abdomen | • the abdomen is black with very large yellow/brown spots on S1-S6 (in immature females: yellow spots) | |
| Photographs | • all of our photos below were made in the Netherlands, Sweden and Finland |
LineDrawing: the male's abdomen and the female's abdomen in dorsal view.
