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Night mosquito

Aedes nocturnus (Theobald, 1903)

Status not recordedinsects

The night mosquito (Aedes nocturnus) is a species in the family Culicidae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the night mosquito

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the night mosquito live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the night mosquito as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Tonga

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the night mosquito endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the night mosquito classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyCulicidae
  6. genusAedes
  7. SpeciesAedes nocturnus (Theobald, 1903)

Synonyms Aedes vexans nocturnus, Culex nocturnus, Culex nocturnus var. niger, Culex vexans nocturnus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the night mosquito

Other species in the same genus Aedes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the night mosquito an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the night mosquito as introduced in 1 country: Tonga, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the night mosquito?

The night mosquito (Aedes nocturnus) belongs to the family Culicidae in the order Diptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Night mosquito (Aedes nocturnus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/night-mosquito

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@misc{night_mosquito_2026,
  title = {Night mosquito (Aedes nocturnus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/night-mosquito},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}