DISTRIBUTION:

Manduca perplexa flies in northern Brazil (specimen type locality); and in Venezuela.

This moth is now considered a synonym of Manduca lucetius.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Manduca perplexa adults fly

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 take nectar from flowers.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larva have been reported on .

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