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Published October 6, 2025 | Version v1
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Manduca caribbeus

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Swiss Human Institute of Forensic Taphonomy, University Centre of Legal Medicine, CH- 1000, Lausanne, Switzerland & Museum Cantonal des Sciences Naturelles, Palais de Rumine, Place de la Riponne 6, CH- 1014, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 2. Sphingidae Museum of Czech Republic (SMCR), 261 01 Příbram, Czech Republic & " Le Roc " F. 47310 Laplume, France

Description

Manduca caribbeus (Cary, 1952) (Fig 3. A)

General distribution. Endemic to Hispaniola.

Distribution in the DR. Southwest part of the country: NP Jaragua, Cabo Rojo, Pedernales, Los Rios and La Descubierta (Fig 1. A).

Habitat. Elevation 0–125 m asl. An insect of coastal areas, in very low-elevation semi-desert xeric environments (Fig 9. A, B, C, D).

Host plants. Unknown.

Material examined.

Hodecek: Jaragua National Park: 17°47'32"N 71°27'38"W, 123 m, 7/2021, 1 ♂, leg. J. Hodecek; Jaragua National Park: 17°47'32"N 71°27'38"W, 123 m, 6/2023, 2 ♀, leg. J. Hodecek; Jaragua National Park: 17°47'32"N 71°27'38"W, 123 m, 5/2024, 5 ♂ 3 ♀, leg. J. Hodecek.

Haxaire: Pedernales (seaside): 13/08/2007, 1 ♂, leg. Jean Haxaire & Odile Paquit; Jaragua National Park, Road Oviedo-Pedernales km 17, Pedernales: 11/05/2004, 2 ♂ 2 ♀, leg. Jérôme Barbut; Road Monte Cristi to El Jaba km 13, Monte Cristi: 18/05/2004, 1 ♀, leg. Jérôme Barbut; Manuel Goya, Pedernales: 100 m, 25/05/2000, 1 ♂, leg. Pierre Schmit [CJHL].

Notes

Published as part of Hodecek, Jiri & Haxaire, Jean, 2025, A revised and annotated checklist of the hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of the Dominican Republic, with new records and distribution maps of chosen species, pp. 401-427 in Zootaxa 5701 (4) on pages 403-404, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5701.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/17326170

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Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/CF1187ECFFD0140477885661ACABF875

Cites
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.17326180 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.17326174 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.17326195 (DOI)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5701.4.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/17326170 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/3328FF94FFD21407771F501EAD56FFB2 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/5388A786-1E10-47A3-9ED3-FB8E19ED3855 (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/CF1187ECFFD0140477885661ACABF875 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/304192456 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/312850/taxon/CF1187ECFFD0140477885661ACABF875.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
CJHL
Event date
2000-05-25 , 2004-05-11 , 2004-05-18 , 2007-08-13
Verbatim event date
2000-05-25 , 2004-05-11 , 2004-05-18 , 2007-08-13
Scientific name authorship
Cary
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Sphingidae
Genus
Manduca
Species
caribbeus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Manduca caribbeus (Cary, 1952) sec. Hodecek & Haxaire, 2025