Manduca hannibal hannibal
Updated as per http://biological-diversity.info/sphingidae.htm (Belize), November 2007
Updated as per Fauna Entomologica De Nicarauga, November 2007
Updated as per The Known Sphingidae of Costa Rica, November 2007

Manduca hannibal hannibal
man-DOO-kuhmm HAGHN-nih-bul
(Cramer, 1779) Sphinx

Manduca hannibal hannibal male courtesy of Dan Janzen.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, [1802]
Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802
Genus: Manduca Hubner, [1807] ...........
Species: hannibal hannibal (Cramer, 1779)

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DISTRIBUTION:

Manduca hannibal hannibal (Wing span: 9.9 - 11.4 cm, females larger than males), flies in
Surinam (specimen type locality), and generally from
Mexico;
Belize: Cayo, Toledo;
Nicaragua: Zelaya, Rio San Juan;
Costa Rica: Guanacaste; Alajuela, Heredia, Lemon, Puntarenas, San Jose; to
Venezuela;
Ecuador: Orellana;
Brazil; and
Bolivia.

Manduca hannibal hannibal in typical resting pose from Yasuni, Ecuador, September 11, 2002 - 2:00 AM, courtesy of Steve Graser.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Manduca hannibal hannibal adults fly as many broods and in Costa Rica adults are taken every month of the year except January and March. In Bolivia there are records for February, April, August, October and December. Both males and females come to lights.

ECLOSION:

Pupae probably wiggle to surface from subterranean chambers just prior to eclosion.

Manduca hannibal hannibal female courtesy of Dan Janzen.

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.

Manduca hannibal female, courtesy of Hubert Mayer.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae feed on Aegiphila martinicensis of the Verbenaceae family.

Larvae are subject to parasitization by Microplitis espinachi of the Braconidae family.

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