See text Aeshna,[2] or the mosaic darners, is a genus of dragonflies from the family Aeshnidae.

The name Aeshna was coined by the Danish entomologist Fabricius in the 18th century.

The name may have resulted from a printer's error in spelling the Greek Aechma, "a spear".

[3] The spelling Aeschna has been intermittently used over a period of time, but is now abandoned for the original name Aeshna.

However, derived genus names (such as Rhionaeschna) retain the 'sch' spelling, as this is how they were first cited.