Uranotaenia sapphirina (Osten Sacken, 1868) is a animal in the Culicidae family, order Diptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Uranotaenia sapphirina (Osten Sacken, 1868)
Uranotaenia sapphirina is a common eastern North American mosquito that feeds exclusively on annelid hosts.
Uranotaenia sapphirina is a mosquito species that belongs to the family Culicidae. It is a common species distributed throughout eastern North America. A research experiment found that this species differs from Uranotaenia lowii, which feeds only on anurans including frogs and toads. Uranotaenia sapphirina feeds exclusively on annelid hosts, such as earthworms and leeches.
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Aedes vigilax (Skuse, 1889)
Culiseta annulata (Schrank, 1776)
Aedes taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann, 1821)
Psorophora ferox (Humboldt, 1819)
Psorophora howardii Coquillett, 1901
Psorophora columbiae (Dyar & Knab, 1906)
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