DIFFERENCES

Periplaneta Americana Aedes Aegypti Bombyx Mori Larva

Their color is reddish brown except for Aedes aegypti are visually They are buff colored with
submarginal pale brown to yellowish band distinctive becase they have brown thoracic markings.
around the edge of their pronotal shield. noticeable black and white The adult moth are buff
markings on their bodies and legs. colored but have thin brown
Habitat lines on their whole bodies.
Habitat
P. Americana is found in many Habitat
different habitats. Although they  Mosquitoes can live in
generally live in moist areas they almost any environment, Although B. mori is native to
can survive in dry areas if they have with the exception of China, it does not live in the
access to water. They prefer warm extreme cold weather. wild any longer because of
temperatures around 84 degrees They favor forests, sericulture.
Fahrenheit and do not tolerate cold. marshes, tall grasses and
They die at temperatures below 15 weeds, and ground that is Food Habits
degrees Fahrenheit. . They are also wet at least part of the
Bombyx mori are herbivores.
found, although not as commonly, year.
They feed specifically on
in residences. Food Habits white mulberry leaves, but
also eat Osage oranges and
Food Habits Aedes aegypti prefer mammalian
lettuce. They do most of
hosts [27] and will preferentially
Roaches themselves will eat anything, their eating in the larval
feed on humans, even in the
including one another. There is very little stage (Encarta 1998). The
presence of alternative hosts [28].
organic material that a cockroach won't eat. larvae have mandibles for
They also feed multiple times
The list includes bark, leaves, paper, wool feeding, while the adults
during one gonotrophic cycle
have sucking mouth parts
clothes, sugar, cheese, bread, oil, (feeding, egg-producing cycle)
(Lepidoptera Part 2 1997).
lemons, ink, soap, flesh, fish, leather, [10,12,29] which has implications
Because they have been
for disease transmission
other roaches (dead or alive), or their cultivated for so long for
own cast-off skins and egg-capsules. sericulture (the silk industry),
Some of these items, such as B. mori have lost an
adaptation helpful to feeding
cellulose, can not be digested by
in the wild.
normal means.

Similarities

- These three are from the class of INSECTA, they all come under the animal
kingdom under the group Phylum Anthropoda. These three can survive in
subtropical and tropical zone.