{{Short description|Species of mosquito}} {{Speciesbox | image = Aedes imperfectus.jpg | genus = Aedes | parent = Aedes (Ochlerotatus) | species = imperfectus | authority = Dobrotworsky, 1962<ref name="Dobrotworsky" /> | synonyms = }}
'''''Aedes imperfectus''''' is a species of mosquito belonging to the genus ''Aedes''.<ref name="Dobrotworsky">{{Cite journal |last=Dobrotworsky |first=N. V. |year=1962 |title=Notes on Australian mosquitoes (Diptera, Culicidae). VI. Five new Victorian species and a description of the larva of ''Aedes milsoni'' (Taylor) |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35072215 |journal=Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales |volume=87 |pages=291–302 [296]}}</ref> Its geographic distribution and detailed biology are not yet well documented, but has been reported in Australia,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Braz Sousa |first=Larissa |last2=Fricker |first2=Stephen |last3=Webb |first3=Cameron E. |last4=Baldock |first4=Katherine L. |last5=Williams |first5=Craig R. |date=2022-05-23 |title=Citizen Science Mosquito Surveillance by Ad Hoc Observation Using the iNaturalist Platform |url=https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19106337 |journal=International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |volume=19 |issue=10 |pages=6337 |doi=10.3390/ijerph19106337 |doi-access=free |issn=1660-4601|pmc=9140400 }}</ref> particularly in tea-tree swamps in northern Tasmania.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Dobrotworsky |first=N. V. |date=1966 |title=Mosquitoes of Tasmania and Bass Strait Islands |url=https://mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.myspecies.info/sites/mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.info/files/Dobrotworsky%201966.pdf |journal=Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales |volume=91 |pages=121-146}}</ref>
== Life cycle ==
thumb|left|The lifecycle of mosquitoes in the ''Aedes'' genus''.''
''Aedes imperfectus'', like other ''Aedes'' mosquitoes, has a complex life cycle consisting of four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.<ref name=":0" /> The entire cycle from egg to adult typically takes about 7-10 days, depending on environmental conditions.
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q14575786}}
imperfectus Category:Insects described in 1962
{{culicidae-stub}}