| Manduca corallina | |
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| Manduca corallina, adult | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Manduca |
| Species: | M. corallina |
| Binomial name | |
| Manduca corallina (Druce, 1883)[1] |
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Manduca corallina is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica south to Venezuela.[2]
The wingspan is 104–110 mm. The thorax (especially in the male) is less robust than similar Manduca lichenea. Furtermore, the wings are more elongate, but with a very similar pattern.
Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Cordia alliodora. They have a very rough skin, two dorsal yellow stripes and side slashes on their green body.