Manduca brontes

Manduca brontes
Manduca brontes
Manduca brontes, adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Manduca
Species: M. brontes
Binomial name
Manduca brontes
(Drury, 1773)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx brontes Drury, 1773
  • Macrosila collaris Walker, 1856
  • Protoparce brontes smythi Clark, 1919
  • Sphinx brontes pamphilius Stoll, 1782
  • Sphinx brontes cubensis Grote, 1865
  • Protoparce brontes haitiensis Clark, 1916

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

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.

Subspecies

  • M. brontes brontes (Jamaica and Cuba, Greater Antilles and northern South America)
  • M. brontes cubensis (Kitching and Cadiou, 2000) (Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, the Cayman Islands and Florida)
  • M. brontes haitiensis (B.P. Clark, 1916) (Haiti and the Dominican Republic)
  • M. brontes pamphilius (Cramer, 1782) (Suriname)

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Manduca/brontes.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
  2. ^ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mbronbro.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 

External links

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