Manduca lucetius lucetius
Updated as per http://www.pybio.org/SPHINGINAE.htm (Paraguay), November 2007

Manduca lucetius lucetius
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(Cramer, 1780) Sphinx

Manduca lucetius lucetius Paraguay, PYBIO.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, [1802]
Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802
Genus: Manduca Hubner, [1807] ...........
Species: lucetius lucetius (Cramer, 1780)

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DISTRIBUTION:

Manduca lucetius lucetius flies in Surinam (specimen type locality), Brazil;
Paraguay: Boqueron, Presidente Hayes, Concepcion, San Pedro, Canindeyu, Alto Parana Caaguazu, Cordillera, Paraguari, Guaira, Caazapa, and probably Amambay, Central and Itapua;
Uruguay as evidenced in the postage stamp below.

In Bolivia there is a record from Yocumo [Yacuma] (350-850m).

FLIGHT TIMES:

Manduca lucetius lucetius adults fly

ECLOSION:

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

Manduca lucetius lucetius French Guiana, courtesy of Stephane Vassel,
id by Jean-Marie Cadiou.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen.

Manduca lucetius lucetius resting, Paraguay, PYBIO.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae feed on Lycopersicon, Brugmansia arborea, Brunfelsia uniflora, Capsicum annuum, Lycopersicon esculentum and Solanum sisymbriifolium.

In Uruguay the following hosts are given: grapevine (parra); Pope, tobacco, tomato, etc.

Manduca lucetius lucetius by John Vriesi.

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