Manduca brontes

Updated on Dec 08, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Order Lepidoptera Genus Manduca Higher classification Manduca		Phylum Arthropoda Family Sphingidae Scientific name Manduca brontes Rank Species

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.

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)

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