Breeding Habitat Distribution of Medically Important Mosquitoes in Kurunegala, Gampaha, Kegalle, and Kandy Districts of Sri Lanka and Potential Risk for Disease Transmission: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

The abundance of the immature stages of medically important mosquito species encountered in each breeding habitat.

Genera	Species	Habitat type	Breeding habitat	Relative abundance	Immature stages (n)	Relative abundance (%)
Aedes	Ae. aegypti	Macro	Pond	6	6	0.14
		Micro	Plastic container/barrel	41	290	6.74
			Leaf litter	2	5	0.12
			Metal container	4	22	0.51
			Roof gutter	24	71	1.65
			Glassware	38	38	0.88
			Leaf axil	3	3	0.07
			Coconut shell	13	26	0.60
			Tire	9	56	1.30
	Ae. albopictus	Macro	Tank margin	13	40	0.93
			Pond	30	152	3.53
		Micro	Plastic container/barrel	41	163	3.79
			Clay pot	18	36	0.84
			Concrete tube	17	68	1.58
			Tree hole	10	51	1.19
			Glassware	21	41	0.95
			Leaf axil	3	12	0.28
			Coconut shell	7	29	0.67
			Abandoned well	4	14	0.33
			Metal container	37	329	7.65
Anopheles	An. subpictus	Micro	Burrow pit	110	110	2.56
	An. vagus	Macro	Stream margin	8	8	0.19
Armigeres	Armigeres sp.	Macro	Marshy land	47	140	3.25
Culex	Cx. quinquefasciatus	Macro	Marshy land	12	12	0.28
			Reservoir	42	84	1.95
			Paddy field		108	2.51
		Micro	Blocked drain	19	185	4.30
			Plastic container	68	135	3.14
			Coconut shell	26	26	0.60
			Burrow pit	58	173	4.02
	Cx. tritaeniorynchus	Macro	Paddy field	56	676	15.71
			Marshy land	11	22	0.51
		Micro	Irrigation canal	41	224	5.21
	Cx. gelidus	Macro	Paddy field	69	485	11.27
			Marshy land	21	127	2.95
		Micro	Irrigation canal	38	152	3.53
	Cx. whitmorei	Macro	Paddy field	25	100	2.32
		Micro	Irrigation canal	21	62	1.44
Mansonia	Mansonia spp.	Macro	Paddy field	10	10	0.23
		Micro	Irrigation canal	6	12	0.28