Uranotaenia sapphirina is a species of mosquito in the family Culicidae.[1][2][3] 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 earthworm and leeches.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Uranotaenia |
| Subgenus: | Uranotaenia |
| Species: | U. sapphirina
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| Uranotaenia sapphirina (Osten Sacken, 1868)
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References
edit- ^ a b "Uranotaenia sapphirina Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Uranotaenia sapphirina". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Uranotaenia sapphirina species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Reeves, Holderman, Blosser, Gillett-Kaufman, Kawahara, Kaufman, Burkett- Cadena (2018). "Identification of Uranotaenia sapphirina as a specialist of annelids broadens known mosquito host use patterns". Communications Biology. 1: 92. doi:10.1038/s42003-018-0096-5. PMC 6123777. PMID 30271973.
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