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Species Manduca brontes - Cuban Sphinx Moth - Hodges#7780

Manduca brontes ssp. 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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