Manduca brunalba

Manduca brunalba
man-DOO-kuhmm BROON-al-buh
(B. P. Clark, 1929) Protoparce

Manduca brunalba 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: brunalba (B. P. Clark, 1929)

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DISTRIBUTION:

Manduca brunalba (Wingspan: 104mm) flies in Brazil (specimen type locality), French Guiana, Peru and Venezuela. In Bolivia it is recorded from Yocumo [Yacuma] (350m), Department of Beni.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Manduca brunalba adults fly

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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