Manduca sesquiplex

Manduca sesquiplex
Manduca sesquiplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Manduca
Species: M. sesquiplex
Binomial name
Manduca sesquiplex
(Boisduval, 1870)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx sesquiplex Boisduval, 1870
  • Sphinx strix Boisduval, 1870
  • Protoparce sesquiplex opima Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Manduca sesquiplex is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Mexico, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.[2]

The wingspan is 119-120 mm. The ground colour of the body and wings is whitish smoky grey, while ssp. opima is more greenish. There is probably one generation per year with adults on wing from September to November in Costa Rica. In Nicaragua, there appear to be at least three generations with records for May, July and September.

The larvae probably feed on Solanaceae species.

Subspecies

  • Manduca sesquiplex sesquiplex (Mexico)
  • Manduca sesquiplex opima (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) (Costa Rica and Nicaragua)

References

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