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Manduca afflicta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Manduca

Higher classification
  
Manduca

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Family
  
Sphingidae

Scientific name
  
Manduca afflicta

Rank
  
Species

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Manduca afflicta is a moth of the family Sphingidae known from Cuba and the Bahamas. It is similar to Manduca sexta. Adults feed on nectar from flowers. The larvae have been recorded on feeding on Cestrum diurnum, the day-blooming jessamine, a member of the Solanaceae family.

Subspecies

  • M. a. afflicta (Cuba)
  • M. a. bahamensis (B. P. Clark, 1916) (the Bahamas)
  • References

    Manduca afflicta Wikipedia