Manduca diffissa

Updated on Dec 08, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Order Lepidoptera Genus Manduca Higher classification Manduca		Phylum Arthropoda Family Sphingidae Scientific name Manduca diffissa Rank Species

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.

Description

The wingspan is 100–105 mm.

Adult moths have been recorded from July to August and from September to December.

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)

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