Manduca brontes

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Manduca brontes
Manduca brontes cubensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 206 Soroa Pinar del rio Cuba male dorsal.jpg
Male, dorsal view
Manduca brontes cubensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 206 Soroa Pinar del rio Cuba male ventral.jpg
Male, ventral view
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Manduca
Species:
M. brontes
Binomial name
Manduca brontes
(Drury, 1773) [1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx brontesDrury, 1773
  • Macrosila collarisWalker, 1856
  • Protoparce brontes smythiClark, 1919
  • Sphinx brontes pamphiliusStoll, 1782
  • Sphinx brontes cubensisGrote, 1865
  • Protoparce brontes haitiensisClark, 1916

Manduca brontes is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae first described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is known from Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, the Cayman Islands, the Dominican Republic and Suriname. [2]

Contents

Adults are on wing from April to June in Florida.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Tecoma species (including Tecoma stans ), Fraxinus americana , Fraxinus excelsior and Fraxinus platycarpa .

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References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience – Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
  2. "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2011.