Sapphire-striped Mosquito

Uranotaenia sapphirina

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae

Uranotaenia sapphirina is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae. It is a common species found throughout eastern North America. Uranotaenia sapphirina was found from an experiment to be unlike Uranotaenia lowii which feeds only on anurans (frogs and toads), instead feeding exclusively on annelid hosts such as earthworms and leeches.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 230Canada · 11

Sources and credits

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