Manduca vestalis by Steve Graser, Yasuni, Ecuador, September 7, 2002 - 12:35 AM.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, [1802] Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802 Genus: Manduca Hubner, [1807] ........... Species: vestalis (Jordan, 1917)

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DISTRIBUTION:

Manduca vestalis flies from Brazil, (specimen type locality) to Venezuela and probably northwestern Bolivia.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Manduca vestalis adults fly in November and possibly throughout the year.

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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