Manduca brontes
| Manduca brontes | |
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| 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] | |
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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
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience – Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
External links
Media related to Manduca brontes at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Manduca brontes at Wikispecies
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