Manduca dalica

Manduca dalica
Manduca dalica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Manduca
Species: M. dalica
Binomial name
Manduca dalica
(Kirby, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Protoparce dalica Kirby, 1877
  • Phlegethontius garleppi Rothschild, 1895
  • Protoparce dalica anthina Jordan, 1911

Manduca dalica is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela and Costa Rica.[2]

The wingspan is 120-135 mm. The upperside is generally dark, with mottled white forewing bases, connected by a similar pattern across the posterior part of the thorax. There is a large, prominent, white discal spot and a whitish apical mark.

Adults have been recorded in February and from April to October in Costa Rica and in November in Brazil. There are probably three generations per year.

Subspecies

  • Manduca dalica dalica (Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela and Costa Rica)
  • Manduca dalica anthina (Jordan, 1911) (south-eastern Brazil)

References

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