Culex erythrothorax

Culex erythrothorax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Culex
Species: Cx. erythrothorax
Binomial name
Culex erythrothorax
Dyar, 1907[1]

Culex erythrothorax is a mosquito species that appears in Southern California. Also known as the Tule mosquito, due to its preference for breeding in Tule plants. Species has brownish-orange color. Confirmed vector of West Nile virus.[2]

References

  1. "Culex erythrothorax". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  2. Sandhu TS, Williams GW, Haynes BW, Dhillon MS. Population dynamics of blood-fed female mosquitoes and comparative efficacy of resting boxes in collecting them from the northwestern part of Riverside County, California. J Global Infect Dis [serial online] 2013 [cited 2013 Oct 22];5:15-8.
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