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Manduca diffissa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Manduca

Higher classification
  
Manduca

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Family
  
Sphingidae

Scientific name
  
Manduca diffissa

Rank
  
Species

Manduca diffissa

Similar
  
Sphingidae, Manduca, Butterflies and moths, Manduca hannibal, Manduca florestan

Manduca diffissa is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from most of South America.

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Description

The wingspan is 100–105 mm.

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

    Manduca diffissa Wikipedia
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