Manduca sexta ssp. jamaicensis

Distribution: (species) Canada to C. America; (subspecies) Greater Antilles and Bahamas.
Type locality: (species) 'Carolina' (ie USA); (subspecies) Jamaica.
Synonyms: Sphinx carolina Linnaeus 1764; Sphinx nicotianae Menetries 1857; Sphinx lycopersici Boisduval 1875; Sphinx nicotianae Boisduval 1875.
Source of record: Schreiber (1978); Gowdey (1926); Carey (1951).
Method of identification: illustrated in colour by d’Abrera (1986) p.24 and by Hodges (1971) plate 1, fig. 7.
Notes: the larval foodplants are various species of Solanaceae. The larva is the 'Tobacco Hornworm'.

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