Manduca clarki

Manduca clarki
(Rothschild & Jordan, 1916) Protoparce

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, [1802]
Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802
Genus: Manduca Hubner, [1807] ...........
Species: clarki (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916)

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DISTRIBUTION:

Manduca clarki (forewing length: 45-50mm) flies in Brazil (specimen type locality) and Peru. It is also recorded from Bolivia: Santa Cruz: Sarah, 450m.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Manduca clarki adults fly as at least two generations annually with moths on the wing from just after midnight until 2:20 am in December-January and also in July. It is rare in Peru. In Bolivia it has been taken in November.

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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