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Updated as per http://biological-diversity.info/sphingidae.htm (Belize), November 2007 Updated as per Fauna Entomologica De Nicarauga, November 2007 Updated as per The Known Sphingidae of Costa Rica, November 2007 Updated as per CATE (description; Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Argentina); February 12, 2011 Updated as per Bold Systems (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil); February 2011 Updated as per Heteroceres de Guyane Francaise (French Guiana, Venezuela); February, 2011 Updated as per personal communication with Sergio D. Ríos Díaz in CATÁLOGO DE LOS SPHINGIDAE (INSECTA: LEPIDOPTERA) DEPOSITADOS EN EL MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL DEL PARAGUAY; sent to me in July 2014 by Sergio D. Ríos Díaz. |
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TAXONOMY:
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 |
DISTRIBUTION: Manduca hannibal hannibal (wingspan: males: 99-115mm, females: 106mm), flies in tropical rain forests |
The most easily recognised species of the group though it is closely allied to [Manduca pellenia]." Antenna thinner and shorter than in Manduca pellenia. Foretarsus 1st segment with long spines not stout, with numerous short spines dorsal to them.No pulvillus. Hindwing upperside with whitish subbasal band more or less obviously interrupted; a generally rather large dirty white patch within the black central band near the anal angle. CATE
Subspecies hannibal hamilcar is from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Subspecies hannibal mayeri is from Izabal, Guatemala.
Manduca hannibal female, courtesy of Hubert Mayer.
Host plants: The larva has been described by Moss (1920) who has reared it on Cestrum floribundum, Datura cornigera (Solanaceae), Clerodendron flagrans, and Aegiphila elata (Verbenaceae).
Larvae are subject to parasitization by Microplitis espinachi of the Braconidae family.
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