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
Manduca sexta saliensis
Manduca sexta/diffissa subspecies ?? from Rio Ceballos in Cordoba
Province, Argentina,
courtesy of Nigel Venters.
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TAXONOMY:
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, [1802]
Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802
Genus: Manduca Hubner, [1807] ...........
Species: sexta saliensis Kernbach, 1864
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DISTRIBUTION:
Manduca sexta saliensis
flies in
Argentina: Tucuman (specimen type locality), and maybe Cordoba.
The adult moths and larva on this page may be
a Manduca diffisa subspecies or an undescribed Manduca
species. This moth is under review.
FLIGHT TIMES:
Manduca sexta saliensis adults
Manduca sexta/diffissa subspecies ?? (verso) from Rio Ceballos in Cordoba
Province, Argentina,
courtesy of Nigel Venters.
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
Manduca sexta/diffissa subspecies from Rio Ceballos in Cordoba
Province, Argentina,
courtesy of Nigel Venters.
The larva pictured above is from a relatively small Manduca
species. Both Jean Marie Cadiou and Jean Haxaire indicate it is
probably one of the Manduca sexta subspecies or a new species.
It may also be one of the Manduca diffissa subspecies based on
the adult moth.
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