| Manduca dalica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Manduca |
| Species: | M. dalica |
| Binomial name | |
| Manduca dalica (Kirby, 1877)[1] |
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Manduca dalica is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela and Costa Rica.[2]
The wingspan is 120-135 mm. The upperside is generally dark, with mottled white forewing bases, connected by a similar pattern across the posterior part of the thorax. There is a large, prominent, white discal spot and a whitish apical mark.
Adults have been recorded in February and from April to October in Costa Rica and in November in Brazil. There are probably three generations per year.