Manduca diffissa
| Manduca diffissa | |
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| Manduca diffissa Dorsal ♂ | |
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| Manduca diffissa ventral ♂ △ | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Manduca |
| Species: | M. diffissa |
| Binomial name | |
| Manduca diffissa (Butler, 1871)[1] | |
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Manduca diffissa is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from most of South America.[2]
Description
The wingspan is 100–105 mm.
Dorsal ♀
Ventral ♀ △
Biology
Adult moths have been recorded from July to August and from September to December.
Subspecies
- Manduca diffissa diffissa (Butler, 1871) (Argentina and Uruguay)
- Manduca diffissa mesosa (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916) (Argentina and Bolivia)
- Manduca diffissa petuniae (Boisduval, 1875) (south-eastern Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia)
- Manduca diffissa tropicalis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) (Guyana, French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil and Nicaragua)
- Manduca diffissa zischkai (Kernbach, 1952) (Bolivia)
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2007-10-31. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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