Kingdom Animalia Order Lepidoptera Genus Manduca Higher classification Manduca | Phylum Arthropoda Family Sphingidae Scientific name Manduca brontes Rank Species | |
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Similar Manduca corallina, Manduca occulta, Manduca muscosa, Manduca, Manduca pellenia | ||
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.
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.
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