Manduca afflicta

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Manduca afflicta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Subfamily: Sphinginae
Genus: Manduca
Species: M. afflicta
Binomial name
Manduca afflicta
Grote, 1865

Manduca afflcita is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. There are two subspecies, Manduca afflicta afflicta, which flies in Cuba, and Manduca afflicta bahamensis (B. P. Clark, 1916), which flies in the Bahamas. M. afflicta adults feed on nectar from flowers. Larvae have been recorded on Cestrum diurnum, the Day-blooming Jessamine, a member of the Solanaceae family.