Manduca bergarmatipes

Manduca bergarmatipes
Manduca bergarmatipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Manduca
Species: M. bergarmatipes
Binomial name
Manduca bergarmatipes
(B.P. Clark, 1927)[1]
Synonyms
  • Protoparce bergarmatipes Clark, 1927

Manduca bergarmatipes is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Argentina and Uruguay.[2]

The wingspan is about 88 mm for males and 117 mm for females. It is similar to Manduca armatipes, but the abdomen is ash grey dorsally, the abdomen is white with two medial black spots ventrally, the forewing upperside is less heavily marked, the subbasal white spots are less prominent and the discal spot is smaller and less prominent. Furthermore, the forewing underside is less heavily marked with a smaller discal spot, the hindwing upperside is darker and the hindwing underside is black, with less prominent transverse lines.

Adults are on wing in November.

References

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