Manduca sexta caestri by John Vriesi.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, [1802] Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802 Genus: Manduca Hubner, 1807 ........... Species: sexta caestri Blanchard, 1854

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Manduca sexta caestri flies in Chile (specimen type locality).

The following two images were sent to me by Nicolas Palacios Prado, PhD. I believe they are Manduca sexta caestri (Bill Oehlke).

Manduca sexta caestri, Paine, forming part of Greater Santiago,
and a commune in the Maipo Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile,
courtesy of Nicolas Palacios Prado, November 13, 2015, tentative id by Bill Oehlke

Manduca sexta caestri, Paine, forming part of Greater Santiago,
and a commune in the Maipo Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile,
courtesy of Nicolas Palacios Prado, November 13, 2015, tentative id by Bill Oehlke

FLIGHT TIMES:

Manduca sexta caestri adults have been taken in November (NPP). There are probably additional flight months.

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 probably take nectar from flowers.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae feed on ??

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