Manduca schausi 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: schausi (Clark, 1919)

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DISTRIBUTION:

Manduca schausi (wingspan: 114 mm - 138 mm, females larger than males) flies in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (specimen type locality), and generally from
Mexico;
Nicaragua: Esteli, Jinotega, Granada, Rio San Juan;
Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Puntarenas, Alajuela, carthage, San Jose, Heredia;
to Argentina and Bolivia: La Paz: Murillo, Río Zongo, 750m; Nor Yungas, Coroico, 1200m; Santa Cruz: Sarah, 450m.

Manduca schausi male, Napo, Ecuador,
May 5, 1997, 1150m, courtesy of Hubert Mayer,
identification corrected to M. schausi by Jean Haxaire.

Manduca schausi female, Napo, Ecuador,
November 20, 1998, 1150m, courtesy of Hubert Mayer,
identification corrected to M. schausi by Jean Haxaire.

Manduca schausi, three males and a female, Napo Ecuador,
November-December, courtesy of Hubert Mayer,
identification corrected to M. schausi by Jean Haxaire.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Manduca schausi adults fly in all months except March in Costa Rica, but main flight seems to be in May and June.

Both males and females come to lights.

Manduca schausi, Costa-Rica, Tuis-Cartago, courtesy of Frederik Goussey.

ECLOSION:

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

Manduca schausi 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.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae feed on Capsicum annuum and Lycopersicon esculentum.

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