Manduca afflicta

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| image = Manduca afflicta afflicta MHNT CUT 2010 0 408 Arroyo Bermejo La Habana Cuba, male dorsal.jpg

| image_caption = Manduca afflicta afflicta Male Dorsal

| image2 = Manduca afflicta afflicta MHNT CUT 2010 0 408 Arroyo Bermejo La Habana Cuba, male ventral.jpg

| image2_caption = Manduca afflicta afflicta Male ventral

| taxon = Manduca afflicta

| authority = (Grote, 1865){{cite web|url=http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Manduca/afflicta.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114090424/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Manduca/afflicta.html|archivedate=2012-11-14|url-status=dead|title=CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae |publisher=Cate-sphingidae.org |accessdate=2011-11-01}}

| synonyms =

  • Sphinx afflicta Grote, 1865
  • Protoparce afflicta bahamensis Clark, 1916

}}

Manduca afflicta is a moth of the family Sphingidae known from Cuba and the Bahamas.{{cite web|url=http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mafflaff.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011155811/http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mafflaff.htm |archivedate=2012-10-11 |url-status=dead |title=Silkmoths |publisher=Silkmoths.bizland.com |accessdate=2011-11-01 }} It is similar to Manduca sexta. Adults feed on nectar from flowers. The larvae have been recorded feeding on Cestrum diurnum, the day-blooming jessamine, a member of the family Solanaceae.

Subspecies

  • M. a. afflicta (Cuba)
  • M. a. bahamensis (B. P. Clark, 1916) (the Bahamas)

References