Manduca tucumana

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

Manduca tucumana is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Argentina and Bolivia.[2]

The wingspan is about 108 mm. It is similar in appearance to several other members of the Manduca genus, but a number of differences distinguish it from Manduca pellenia and Manduca scutata, to which it most closely compares, particularly in its distinctly paler head, thorax and forewing and the almost white discal spot, pale lines and fringe on the forewing upperside. The abdomen underside is somewhat buffish.

Adults have been recorded in March and from November to December in Argentina indicating at least two generations.

References

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