Asian Tiger Mosquito vs Yellow fever mosquito

Aedes albopictus compared with Aedes aegypti

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asian Tiger Mosquito	Yellow fever mosquito
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order same	Diptera (Diptera)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family same	Culicidae	Culicidae
Genus same	Aedes	Aedes
Species	Aedes albopictus	Aedes aegypti

Evolutionary Relationship

Asian Tiger Mosquito and Yellow fever mosquito share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Aedes.

Conservation Status

Asian Tiger Mosquito

NE — Not Evaluated

Yellow fever mosquito

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asian Tiger Mosquito	Yellow fever mosquito
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asian Tiger Mosquito

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (13 countries), Europe (27 countries), North America (13 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (6 countries).

Yellow fever mosquito

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (12 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (16 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (10 countries).

Asian Tiger Mosquito

The Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus) is a species in the genus Aedes. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (13 countries), Europe (27 countries), North America (13 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (6 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 33 countries:

🇦🇷 Argentina 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇴 Bolivia 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇳 China 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇫🇷 France 🇬🇪 Georgia 🇬🇹 Guatemala 🇯🇵 Japan 🇲🇾 Malaysia 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇲🇲 Myanmar 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇾 Paraguay 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇺🇸 United States 🇻🇪 Venezuela 🇻🇳 Vietnam