Manduca jordani

Updated as per personal communication with Joanna Rodriguez Ramirez (Mendoza; Argentina), January 21, 2015
Updated as per personal communication with Ezequiel Bustos (Shilap revta. lepid. 43 (172) diciembre, 2015, 615-631 eISSN 2340-4078 ISSN 0300-5267), January 4, 2016
Updated as per personal communication with Horacio de la Fuente (Alunailands, Rioja, Argentina, February 17, 2019); December 12, 2020

Manduca jordani
man-DOO-kuhMJOR-duhn-eye
(Giacomelli, 1912) ? Protoparce

Manduca jordani, Alunailands, La Rioja, Argentina,
February 17, 2019, courtesy of Horacio de la Fuente.

Manduca jordani courtesy of Jean Haxaire

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, [1802]
Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802
Genus: Manduca Hubner, [1807] ...........
Species: jordani (Giacomelli, 1912)

DISTRIBUTION:

Manduca jordani flies in
Argentina (specimen type locality): Cordoba, La Rioja; Alunailands (HdlF), Salta, San Luis, Tucuman; Mendoza (JRR), Tucuman and
Bolivia: between Santa Cruz and Cochabamba, Comarapa (2700-2900m).

FLIGHT TIMES:

Manduca jordani adults fly just before dawn. They have been recorded on the wing in October and December in Argentina at elevations between 700m and 1250m. Horacio de la Fuente reports a February flight in Alunailands, La Rioja, Argentina.

ECLOSION:

Pupae probably wiggle to surface from subterranean chambers just prior to eclosion.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen. Adults take nectar from flowers.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larva have been reported on ??
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Manduca jordani man-DOO-kuhMJOR-duhn-eye (Giacomelli, 1912) ? Protoparce

Manduca jordani, Alunailands, La Rioja, Argentina, February 17, 2019, courtesy of Horacio de la Fuente.

TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, [1802] Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802 Genus: Manduca Hubner, [1807] ........... Species: jordani (Giacomelli, 1912)