Manduca afflicta hispaniolana Brechlin & Haxaire, 2014

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, Zootaxa 5701 (4), pp. 401-427 : 406

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.4.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17325613
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scientific name	Manduca afflicta hispaniolana Brechlin & Haxaire, 2014
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Manduca afflicta hispaniolana Brechlin & Haxaire, 2014 ( Fig 7. A View FIGURE 7 )

General distribution. Endemic to Hispaniola.

Distribution in the DR. So far, only known from Monte Cristi and Puerto Plata ( Fig 1. B View FIGURE 1 ).

Habitat. A species of the semi-desert zone, at best sparsely wooded and strongly xeric environments in the north of the island ( Monte Cristi).

Host plants. Larval stages and host plants unknown.

Material examined.

Haxaire: Puerto Plata: 800 m, 10–11/11/1995, type and paratypes, coll. Dr. R. Brechlin [ CRBP]; Puerto Plata : 800 m, 17–18/09/1995, paratypes, coll. Dr. R. Brechlin [ CRBP]; Puerto Plata : 800 m, 17/08/1996, paratypes, coll. Dr. R. Brechlin [ CRBP]; Botoncillo, Monte Cristi: 29–30/11/1992, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Carnegie Museum ( CMNH), Pittsburgh, USA .