Uranotaenia moultoni

Uranotaenia moultoni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Culicidae
Genus:	Uranotaenia
Subgenus:	Pseudoficalbia
Species:	U. moultoni
Binomial name
Uranotaenia moultoni (Edwards, 1914)

Uranotaenia moultoni is a species of mosquito in the genus Uranotaenia. It is endemic to Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. U. moultoni is placed in the subgenus Pseudoficalbia. In its larval stage, U. moultoni develops in the pitchers of Nepenthes species. As such, it is considered a nepenthebiont.

References

• Two New Mosquito Species from a Pitcher Plant of Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
• Clarke, C.M. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, p. 39.