Manduca corallina

Manduca corallina
Manduca corallina
Manduca corallina, adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Manduca
Species: M. corallina
Binomial name
Manduca corallina
(Druce, 1883)[1]
Synonyms
  • Diludia corallina Druce, 1883

Manduca corallina is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica south to Venezuela.[2]

The wingspan is 104–110 mm. The thorax (especially in the male) is less robust than similar Manduca lichenea. Furtermore, the wings are more elongate, but with a very similar pattern.

Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Cordia alliodora. They have a very rough skin, two dorsal yellow stripes and side slashes on their green body.

References

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