Manduca florestan

Florestan sphinx
Secure
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Manduca
Species:
M. florestan
Binomial name
Manduca florestan
(Stoll, 1782)[2]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx florestan Stoll, 1782
  • Protoparce maricina Schaus, 1941
  • Diludia brevimargo Butler, 1875
  • Protoparce florestan vogli Daniel, 1949
  • Protoparce florestan cabnal Schaus, 1932
  • Protoparce florestan argentinica Daniel, 1949

Manduca florestan, the Florestan sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Caspar Stoll in 1782.

  • Male, dorsal view
    Male, dorsal view
  • Male, ventral view
    Male, ventral view
  • Female, dorsal
    Female, dorsal
  • Female ventral
    Female ventral

Distribution

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.[3]

Description

A variation

The wingspan is 99–110 mm.

Biology

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.

References

  1. ^ NatureServe. "Manduca florestan". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  2. ^ CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae
  3. ^ "Silkmoths". Archived from the original on 2011-01-27. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
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