Classification > Family
Sphingidae
> Subfamily
Sphinginae
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Sphingini
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Sphingina
> Genus
Manduca
Manduca hannibal (Cramer, 1779)
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
- Argentina
- Misiones
Other distribution
- Sphinx hannibal Cramer, 1779
- Protoparce hannibal mayi Clark, 1917
- Sphinx hannibal hamilcar Boisduval, [1875]
- Protoparce hannibal mayeri Mooser, 1940
It can be differentiated from other similar species of the genus by the ochre color of the outer margin of forewings (Aguado et al. 2021).
The subspecies Manduca hannibal hamilcar is present in Argentina.
The subspecies Manduca hannibal hamilcar is present in Argentina.
Caterpillar host plants: Solanaceae, Verbenaceae.
- MORÉ M, KITCHING IJ, COCUCCI AA. 2014. Lepidoptera: Sphingidae. In: Roig-Junent S, Claps LE, Morrone JJ, eds. Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos. Tucumán, Argentina: Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, cap. 4, pp 281–295.
- NUÑEZ-BUSTOS E. 2015. Catálogo revisado y actualizado de Sphingidae de Argentina, con seis nuevos registros (Lepidoptera; Sphingidae). SHILAP Revta. Lepid., 43: 615-631
- AGUADO JA, PENCO CF, NÚÑEZ BUSTOS E. 2021. Lepidoptera Argentina. Catálogo ilustrado y comentado de las mariposas de Argentina. Parte XV: Sphingidae
- JANZEN DH. 2021. Caterpillars, pupae, butterflies & moths. Área de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG), northwestern Costa Rica. http://janzen.sas.penn.upenn.edu./index.html/, [22 March 2021]
- KITCHING IJ. 2021. Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory, http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/, [3 March 2021].
