Sphinginae, Latreille, 1802

Cock, Matthew J. W., 2017, A preliminary catalogue of the moths (Lepidoptera except Papilionoidea) of Tobago, West Indies, Insecta Mundi 2017 (585), pp. 1-58 : 21-22

Subfamily Sphinginae

Manduca sexta paphus (Cramer, 1779)

Tobacco horn worm: Guppy (1910)

Protoparce sexta: Guppy (1911) .

Guppy (1910, 1911) reports this species as a common pest of tobacco being grown near Scarborough in February 1909.

Nr. Arnos Vale, Prospect , hilltop MVL: ♀ 8 Aug 1977 (D.J. Stradling) [Det. D.J. Stradling, not kept, pers. comm. 1983] ; Englishman’s Bay , at light: 1♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [ UWIZM.2015.15.76]

Manduca rustica rustica (Fabricius, 1775) ( Figure 5A )

Near Crown Point: ♀ 4 Jan 2014 (M. Kelly, photo 134) ( Figure 5A ) Manduca florestan (Stoll, 1782)

Identified by comparison with the NHMUK series.

Englishman’s Bay , at light: 3♂ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [ UWIZM.2015.15.04-05; UWIZM.2015.15.75] ; 3? ♂ late 2010–early 2011 (J. Ingraham) [M. Kelly photo: 10902–6]

Protambulyx strigilis (Linnaeus, 1771)

Nr. Arnos Vale , Prospect, hilltop MVL: ♂ 8 Aug 1977 (D.J. Stradling) [Det. D.J. Stradling, not kept, pers. comm. 1983] ; Englishman’s Bay , at light: 4♂?2009 (J. Ingraham) [M. Kelly photos 11880] ; ♂, 2♀ Jun–Dec 2009 (J. Ingraham) [♂ UWIZM.2015.15.40; 2♀ UWIZM.2015.15.77-78]; 3♂ late 2010–early 2011 (J. Ingraham) [M. Kelly photo 10995]

Figures

Figures 5–8. Tobago moths recorded from images of living adults. 5, Herpetogramma omphalobasis (Hampson) (Crambidae) ♂, Charlotteville, 24 Oct 2015 (K. Sookdeo).6, Liopasia teneralis (Lederer) (Crambidae) ♀ Englishman’s Bay, 15 Dec 2014 (M. Kelly).7, Euprosterna aroensis (Schaus) (Limacodidae) ♂ Charlotteville, at light, 24 Oct 2015 (K. Sookdeo). 8, Hylesia metabus (Cramer) (Saturniidae) ♂ Englishman’s Bay, at light, 16 Dec 2014 (M. Kelly).