DISTRIBUTION:

Manduca stuarti flies in Bolivia (specimen type locality): La Paz: Murillo, Cota Cota; and Río Zongo.

The species is named for Arthur Maxwell Stuart.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Manduca stuarti adults are on the wing in October-November-December.

Both males and females come to lights.

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 probably take nectar from flowers.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae feed on

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