What is Aedes aegypti?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Aedes aegypti'' | image = Aedes aegypti CDC-Gathany.jpg | image_width = 250px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = [[Fly|Diptera]] | familia = [[Culicidae]] | genus = ''[[Aedes]]'' | subgenus = ''[[Stegomyia]]'' | species = '''''Ae. aegypti''''' | binomial = ''Aedes aegypti'' | binomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1762) }} '''''Aedes aegypti''''', also called '''yellow fever mosquito''', is a [[mosquito]] that can spread the [[dengue fever]], [[chikungunya]] and [[yellow fever]] [[virus]]es, and other [[diseases]]. The mosquito can be recognized by white markings on legs and a marking in the form of a [[lyre]] on the [[thorax]]. It is a small mosquito, with a body length of about half one centimeter. == Related pages == * [[Wolbachia]] * [[World mosquito program]] {{wikispecies|Aedes aegypti}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Flies]]