Manduca sexta jamaicensis by John Vriesi.

Manduca sexta jamaicensis, Havanna, Cuba, June 2013, leg. Martina Herold,
courtesy of Christian Kutzscher, SDEI - Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut,
id and digital repair to forewing apices by Bill Oehlke.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, [1802] Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802 Genus: Manduca Hubner, 1807 ........... Species: sexta jamaicensis (Butler, 1875)

DISTRIBUTION:

Manduca sexta jamaicensis flies in
Jamaica (specimen type locality),
Cuba,
the Dominican Republic and
St. Lucia.

Manduca sexta luciae is a synonym of Manduca sexta jamaicensis.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Manduca sexta jamaicensis adults fly in June (CK) and probably in other months.

Manduca sexta jamaicensis, Vinales, Cuba,
June 20, 2015, copyright Tim Norriss, as per
http://www.butterfliesofcuba.com/bombicoidea.html.

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 probably feed on tobacco leaves.

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