''Aedes hoogstraali'' is a species of mosquito. It was first described from specimens collected at Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines in 1945.Kenneth L. Knight, Lt. Comdr., H(S), USNR, and Lloyd E. Rozeboom, Lt., H(S), USNR. 1946. The ''Aedes'' (''Stegomyia'') ''albolineatus'' Group (Diptera, Culicidae). '' Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington'', 59(June 19, 1946): 83-96; http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/070600-1.PDF . The

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Harry Hoogstraal.

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adults were reared from larvae collected in bamboo stumps, tree holes, and tin cans.Yiau-Min Huang. 1978. The Identity of Two Species of ''Stegomyia'' belonging to the ''Aedes albolineatus'' Group (Diptera: Culicidae). ''Mosquito Systematics'' 10(2):197-210; http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/MS10N02P197.pdf . The limit of the species' distribution appears to be the Philippines,Thomas V. Gaffigan, Richard C. Wilkerson, James E. Pecor, Judith A. Stoffer and Thomas Anderson. 2016. "Aedes » Scutomyia » hoogstraali Knight and Rozeboom" in: ''Systematic Catalog of Culicidae'', Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/taxon_descr.aspx?ID=16281, accessed 13 February 2016. including Subic Bay,

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