Manduca afflicta

Manduca afflicta
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
Genus:Manduca
Species: M. afflicta
Binomial name
Manduca afflicta
(Grote, 1865)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx afflicta Grote, 1865
  • Protoparce afflicta bahamensis Clark, 1916

Manduca afflicta is a moth of the family Sphingidae known from Cuba and the Bahamas.[2] It is similar to Manduca sexta. Adults feed on nectar from flowers. The larvae have been recorded on feeding on Cestrum diurnum, the day-blooming jessamine, a member of the Solanaceae family.

Subspecies

  • M. a. afflicta (Cuba)
  • M. a. bahamensis (B. P. Clark, 1916) (the Bahamas)

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-14. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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