Manduca vestalis

Manduca vestalis
Manduca vestalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Manduca
Species: M. vestalis
Binomial name
Manduca vestalis
(Jordan, 1917)[1]
Synonyms
  • Protoparce vestalis Jordan, 1917

Manduca vestalis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Brazil to Venezuela and probably north-western Bolivia.[2]

Adults have been recorded in November.

References

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