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Manduca blackburni (Butler, 1880)

Blackburn's sphinx moth

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature 

Synonym/s: Protoparce blackburni Butler, 1880; Phlegethontius blackburnii (Butler, 1880); Protoparce quinquemaculatus blackburni (Butler, 1880); Mandura blackburni (Butler, 1880) [orth. error used by WCMC, 1992:209]

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1960's (WCMC, 1992:209)

Rediscovered in 1984 (Riotte, 1986).

 

Still listed as Extinct by (WCMC, 1992:209).

 

Distribution

Hawaiian Islands, USA

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Butler, A. G. (1880). On two small consignments of Lepidoptera from the Hawaiian Islands. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 17: 6-9.

 

Other references:

Browne, A. C. 1941. Notes and exhibitions. Protoparce quinquemaculata blackburni (Butler). Proc. Hawaii. Entomol. Soc. 11:2.

Elliott, Christine H. (2019). The Riddle of the Sphinx: Population Ecology of the Endangered Blackburnʻs Sphinx Moth, Manduca blackburni (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) on an Invasive Host Plant. MSc thesis, The University of Hawai'i.

Riotte, J. C. E. (1986). Re-evaluation of Manduca blackburni (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Proc. Hawaii. Entomol. Soc. 27: 79-90.

Roderick G. and R. Gillespie. 1997. Conservation biology of Blackburn’s sphinx moth (Manduca blackburni) Draft report to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Honolulu, HI. 6 pp.

Swezey, O. H. (1931). Notes and exhibitions. Protoparce quinquemaculata blackburni (Butler). Proc. Hawaii. Entomol. Soc. 8: 5-6.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (2003). Draft Recovery Plan for the Blackburn’s Sphinx Moth (Manduca blackburni). Portland, Oregon. ix + 113 pp.

Van Gelder, E. and S. Conant. 1998. Biology and conservation of Manduca blackburni. Report to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, HI. 52 pp.

WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1992). Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's living resources. London: Chapman & Hall. xx + 594 pp.

Williams, F.X. 1931. Notes and exhibitions. Protoparce quinquemaculata blackburni (Butler). Proc. Hawaii. Entomol. Soc. 7: 373.

Williams, F. X. 1947. Notes and exhibitions. Protoparce quinquemaculata blackburni (Butler). Proc. Hawaii. Entomol. Soc. 13: 10.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manduca_blackburni

https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/13265/blackburn-sphinx-moth-manduca-blackburni

 

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