Manduca barnesi

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Manduca barnesi
Manduca barnesi MHNT CUT 2010 0 351 Pinola, Chiapas, Mexico male dorsal.jpg
Male dorsal
Manduca barnesi MHNT CUT 2010 0 351 Pinola, Chiapas, Mexico male ventral.jpg
Male ventral
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Manduca
Species:
M. barnesi
Binomial name
Manduca barnesi
(B.P. Clark, 1919) [1]
Synonyms
  • Protoparce barnesiClark, 1919
  • Phlegethontius holcombiMooser, 1942
  • Protoparce florestan ishkalSchaus, 1932

Manduca barnesi is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

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Distribution

It is found from Guatemala to Costa Rica. [2]

Description

The length of the forewings is about 60 mm. It is similar to Manduca franciscae and Manduca florestan , but longer winged than the latter. The forewing upperside ground colour is white with no discal spot. The markings are generally faint. The forewing underside is unicolorous brown and the marginal black band is very narrow. The fringe is mostly white but brown at the veins. The hindwing upperside is black, but suffused with white toward the anal angle. The hindwing underside is brown, with the basal third heavily suffused with white.

Biology

There are three generations per year in Costa Rica, with adults on wing in January, from May to July, and from September to November.

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-14. Retrieved 2011-11-01.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2008-09-13. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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