Eastern Treehole Mosquito
Aedes triseriatus (Say, 1823)

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Subphylum	Hexapoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Culicidae
Genus	Aedes
Species	Aedes triseriatus (Say, 1823)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class: Trogloxene
Realm: Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Tennessee.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Tennessee

Counties

Tennessee: Blount

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G5 Secure

National ranks

Canada: N5 Secure
United States: NNR

Subnational ranks

Ontario: S4 Apparently Secure
Manitoba: SU Unrankable
Prince Edward Island: S4 Apparently Secure
Quebec: SNR Unranked
New Brunswick: S5 Secure
Nova Scotia: S5 Secure
Indiana: S5 Secure
Rhode Island: SNR Unranked
South Carolina: SNR Unranked

Ranks looked up 3 September 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

References

Reeves, W.K., Adler, P.H., Grogan, Jr., W.L. & Super, P.E. 2004. Hematophagous and parasitic Diptera (Insecta) in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. Zootaxa 483: 1–44.

This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 3 September 2026.

How to cite this account

Aedes triseriatus (Say, 1823). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2147. https://cavebiology.org/species/aedes-triseriatus/ (accessed 22 October 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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