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Manduca sesquiplex

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Manduca sesquiplex
Male drosal
Male ventral
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Manduca
Species:
M. sesquiplex
Binomial name
Manduca sesquiplex
Synonyms
  • Sphinx sesquiplex Boisduval, 1870
  • Sphinx strix Boisduval, 1870
  • Protoparce sesquiplex opima Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Manduca sesquiplex is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Mexico, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.[3]

The wingspan is 119–120 mm. The ground colour of the body and wings is whitish smoky grey, while ssp. opima is more greenish. There is probably one generation per year with adults on wing from September to November in Costa Rica. In Nicaragua, there appear to be at least three generations with records for May, July and September.

The larvae probably feed on Solanaceae species.

Subspecies

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  • Manduca sesquiplex sesquiplex (Mexico)
  • Manduca sesquiplex opima (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) (Costa Rica and Nicaragua)

References

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  1. ^ "Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory: Manduca sesquiplex". sphingidae.myspecies.info. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  2. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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