Manduca sexta luciae courtesy of Jean Haxaire.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, [1802] Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802 Genus: Manduca Hubner, 1807 ........... Species: sexta luciae (Johanssen 1764)

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DISTRIBUTION:

Manduca sexta luciae flies in Guadeloupe and throughout the Antilles.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Manduca sexta luciae adults probably have at least two flights per year. I suspect they would be most abundant in May-June and September through December.

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 wild or cultivated Solanaceae (tobacco, tomato, Solanum spp., Capsicum spp.) and Verbenaceae.

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