European regional assessment: Least Concern (LC)
EU 27 regional assessment: Not Recorded

Since Coenagrion ecornutum was discovered in European Russia in the southern Urals in 1996, more fieldwork has resulted in the finding of some thirty sites, about half of which are located in Europe. It is abundant at these sites, and it is expanding in the region. It seems more likely that with more fieldwork it will be found at even more sites rather than less. The species is presently thus not threatened in Europe. In light of current data, the species is assessed as Least Concern. C. ecornutum does not occur within the EU 27.

At present, the species is known in Europe from one record covering both the Asian and European parts of the southern Urals. The species was discovered there in 1996 and since then it has been found at about thirty sites, about half of which are in Europe, in the Bashkortostan Republic, around 2,000 km apart from the main range of the species. However, some later findings east of the Urals indicate that the species has a more cohesive distribution area, but this is currently unclear (Kosterin 2005, Yanybaeva et al. 2006, Boudot and Bernard 2015).

Coenagrion ecornutum is a Palearctic species with its main occurrence in the south-eastern part of Siberia, parts of Mongolia, as well as in northern Japan and in the Korean Peninsula.

C. ecornutum was discovered in the European part of Russia in the southern part of the Urals in 1996. Since then, more field work in the region has been carried out during 1998-2006, which has resulted in about thirty sites, about half of which are in Europe. It is not entirely clear if the species was new in the region or if it has previously simply fallen under the radar. It seems at least to have been expanding along the European border. Later finds further east may indicate that the species has a more cohesive distribution area, but this is currently unclear (Popova and Haritonov 2008, Boudot and Bernard 2015).

Coenagrion ecornutum is in Europe mainly found in natural (not man-made) stagnant, permanent waters, but it also has occurrences along slow-flowing watercourses, oxbows, and lakes (Boudot and Bernard 2015).

The species seems to be doing well and even expanding, and no potential threats are known.

There is no trade or use of this species.

No conservation measures seems to be needed, although research is required.