Exotic Mosquitoes

This page contains mosquito profiles and photographs for exotic mosquito species of public health concern as unwanted organisms and other exotic mosquito species. They are not present in New Zealand, however several species have been intercepted at the borders. Click on the document icon to view.

Unwanted Organisms

Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti		Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus
Yellow Fever Mosquito		Asian Tiger Mosquito

Aedes (Finlaya) atropalpus		Aedes (Ochlerotatus) camptorhynchus
Rock Pool Mosquito		Southern Saltmarsh Mosquito

Aedes (Finlaya) japonicus		Aedes (Stegomyia) polynesiensis
Asian Bush or Japanese Rock Pool Mosquito		Polynesian Mosquito

Aedes (Stegomyia) scutellaris		Aedes (Ochlerotatus) sierrensis
		Western Tree Hole Mosquito

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) vigilax
Northern Saltmarsh Mosquito

Anopheles Genus		Anopheles annulipes
Anopheline mosquitoes

Anopheles (Cellia) farauti		Anopheles lesteri

Culex (Culex) annulirostris		Culex (Culex) gelidus
Common Banded Mosquito		Frosty Mosquito

Culex (Culex) pipiens complex		Culex (Culex) sitiens
Unwanted organisms include; pipiens pallens, pipiens f.molestus		Saltmarsh Culex - READ MORE - MPI

Other Mosquito Exotics

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) vexans		Aedes (Macleaya) tremulus
Floodwater Mosquito		No Common Name

Aedes (Finlaya) togoi

Aedes procax

Coquillettidia linealis		Culex (Culex) restuans

Culex (Culex) salinarius		Culex (Culex) tarsalis

Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus		Mansonia (Mansonioides) uniformis

Verrallina funerea

EHINZ Factsheet - Mosquitoes