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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 » Ash Sphinx - Hodges#7783 (Manduca jasminearum)

Species Manduca jasminearum - Ash Sphinx - Hodges#7783

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Manduca jasminearum? - Manduca jasminearum

Manduca jasminearum - Ash Sphinx - Manduca jasminearum

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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 jasminearum (Ash Sphinx - Hodges#7783)

Hodges Number

7783

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Manduca jasminearum (Guérin, [1831])

Sphinx jasminearum Guérin, [1831]

* phylogenetic sequence #226600

Size

Wingspan 84-105 mm.

Identification

Adult - forewing gray to grayish-brown with black line (sometimes broken) running from middle of costa to middle of outer margin; yellowish-brown spot near middle of wing; hindwing mostly black, with pale gray shading extending from anal angle a short distance along inner and outer margins.

Range

Eastern United States: Connecticut to Florida, west to Missouri and Mississippi.

Season

Adults fly May-September in two broods.

Food

Larvae feed on leaves of ash (Fraxinus spp.).

Adults feed on flower nectar.

Life Cycle

Two generations per year.

Larva; adult

Print References

Covell, C.V. 1984. Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America. Houghton Mifflin Company. p.32, pl.4.1 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Dallas Butterflies

pinned adult image and photos of related species by Jim Vargo (Moth Photographers Group)

Sphingidae of the Americas (Bill Oehlke)

Sphingidae of the United States of America (Teá Kesting-Handly and Stephen Kloiber)

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Contributed by Cotinis on 12 May, 2004 - 4:57pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Jason D. Roberts, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 21 August, 2019 - 3:56pm

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