Manduca diffissa

Manduca diffissa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Manduca
Species: M. diffissa
Binomial name
Manduca diffissa
(Butler, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx diffissa Butler, 1871
  • Protoparce diffissa ochracea Clark, 1927
  • Protoparce diffissa mesosa Rothschild & Jordan, 1916
  • Sphinx diffissa petuniae Boisduval, 1875
  • Protoparce diffissa tropicalis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
  • Protoparce diffissa zischkai Kernbach, 1952

Manduca difissa is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from most of South America.[2]

The wingspan is 100-105 mm. Adults have been recorded from July to August and from September to December.

Subspecies

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Manduca/diffissa.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
  2. ^ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2007-10-31. http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mdiffdif.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-01.