Aedes calabyi

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Family:Culicidae
Aedes calabyi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Aedes
Species:
A. calabyi
Binomial name
Aedes calabyi
(Marks, 1963)

Aedes (Macleaya) calabyi is a species of mosquito in the genus Aedes. It is small and dark, and a relatively rare species.[1] Adults can be identified as they are the only species of Aedes in its distribution that have gold and white scales on the anterior part of its scutum.

It feeds in the afternoon and at dusk.[1]

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