Manduca brontes

{{short description|Species of moth}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2015}}

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| image = Manduca brontes cubensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 206 Soroa Pinar del rio Cuba male dorsal.jpg

| image_caption = Male, dorsal view

| image2 = Manduca brontes cubensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 206 Soroa Pinar del rio Cuba male ventral.jpg

| image2_caption = Male, ventral view

| taxon = Manduca brontes

| authority = (Drury, 1773){{cite web|url=http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Manduca/brontes.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114163427/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Manduca/brontes.html|archivedate=November 14, 2012|url-status=dead|title=CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience – Sphingidae |publisher=Cate-sphingidae.org |accessdate=2011-11-01}}

| synonyms =

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|Sphinx brontes|Drury, 1773

|Macrosila collaris|Walker, 1856

|Protoparce brontes smythi|Clark, 1919

|Sphinx brontes pamphilius|Stoll, 1782

|Sphinx brontes cubensis|Grote, 1865

|Protoparce brontes haitiensis|Clark, 1916

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Manduca brontes is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae first described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is known from Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, the Cayman Islands, the Dominican Republic and Suriname.{{cite web|url=http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mbronbro.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011194221/http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mbronbro.htm |archivedate=October 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |title=Silkmoths |publisher=Silkmoths.bizland.com |accessdate=2011-11-01 }}

Adults are on wing from April to June in Florida.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Tecoma species (including Tecoma stans), Fraxinus americana, Fraxinus excelsior and Fraxinus platycarpa.