| Florestan sphinx | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Manduca |
| Species: | M. florestan |
| Binomial name | |
| Manduca florestan | |
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Manduca florestan, the Florestan sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Caspar Stoll in 1782.
It is found from the mountains of southern Arizona, New Mexico, and the lower Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas through Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and the rest of Central America south into South America at least to Paraguay, Bolivia, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil and Suriname. [2] they have also been spotted in N.S.W Australia.
The wingspan is 99–110 mm. It is similar in appearance to several other members of the genus Manduca , but a number of differences distinguish it from Manduca lichenea , to which it most closely compares. There is a great deal of individual variation. The forewings have a greenish tint and prominent black discal streaks.
There is one generation with adults on wing from late June to early August in the United States. In Bolivia, adults have been reported in March and again from October to December, while adults are on wing year round in Costa Rica. They feed on the nectar of various flowers, including Plumeria rubra in Costa Rica.
The larvae feed on Tecoma and Citharexylum species, Stachytarpheta frantzii , Callicarpa acuminata , Aegiphylla martinicensis , Citharexylum costaricensis , Tabebuia ochracea , Callichlamys latifolia , Cydista heterophylla , Cydista diversifolia , Crescentia alata , Macfadyena unguis-cati , Cordia panamensis , Cordia alliodora and Chionentis panamensis . In Brazil, larvae have been reported on Lantana camara , Pyrostegia venusta and Vitex megapotamica .
Manduca hannibal is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Amphonyx duponchel, or Duponchel's sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Felipe Poey in 1832.
Manduca occulta, the occult sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Protambulyx strigilis, the streaked sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae prevalent in the Americas from Florida to Central and South America. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771.
Perigonia lusca, the half-blind sphinx or coffee sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1777.
Adhemarius gannascus is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Caspar Stoll in 1790.
Eumorpha satellitia, the satellite sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The family was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. It lives from Brazil and northern Argentina north through Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies to south Texas and southern Arizona.
Eumorpha vitis, known as the vine sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Xylophanes anubus is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777.
Xylophanes ceratomioides is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Bolivia, Argentina and Venezuela, down into southern Brazil. Rare vagrants have been found up to southern Arizona.
Manduca dilucida is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by William Henry Edwards in 1887.
Pachylioides is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Ronald W. Hodges in 1971. Its only species, Pachylioides resumens, was first described by Francis Walker in 1856.
Callionima parce, the parce sphinx moth, is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae.It was originally described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775.
Xylophanes cyrene is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1881. It is found in Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Belize and south to Oxapampa in Peru.
Xylophanes zurcheri is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1894.
Madoryx plutonius is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Eumorpha fasciatus, the banded sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Johann Heinrich Sulzer in 1776.
Manduca lanuginosa is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Henry Edwards in 1887. It is known from Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Venezuela.
Manduca lefeburii is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Manduca schausi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica to Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia.
