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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Sphinx Moths (Sphingidae) » Sphinginae » Sphingini » Manduca » Cuban Sphinx Moth - Hodges#7780 (Manduca brontes)

Species Manduca brontes - Cuban Sphinx Moth - Hodges#7780

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Sphinx Moth? - Manduca brontes Manduca brontes ssp. cubensis - Manduca brontes Manduca brontes cubensis - Manduca brontes Manduca brontes cubensis - Manduca brontes
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Bombycoidea (Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths)
Family Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)
Subfamily Sphinginae
Tribe Sphingini
Genus Manduca
Species brontes (Cuban Sphinx Moth - Hodges#7780)
Hodges Number
7780
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Manduca brontes (Drury, 1773)
Protoparce brontes smythi Clark, 1919
Protoparce brontes haitiensis Clark, 1916
Sphinx brontes cubensis Grote, 1865
Macrosila collaris Walker, 1856
Sphinx brontes pamphilius Stoll, 1782
Sphinx brontes Drury, 1773
Phylogenetic Sequence # 890093
Range
FL, Caribbean (1)(2)
Food
Known hosts for the larvae include Tecoma stans, Fraxinus americana, Fraxinus excelsior and Fraxinus platycarpa. (3)
Remarks
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)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
3.Wikipedia
Contributed by Bob Biagi on 20 August, 2020 - 3:52pm

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