Manduca prestoni

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Manduca prestoni
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Manduca prestoni male dorsal
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Manduca prestoni male ventral
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Manduca
Species:
M. prestoni
Binomial name
Manduca prestoni
(Gehlen, 1926) [1]
Synonyms
  • Protoparce prestoniGehlen, 1926

Manduca prestoni is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Brazil, Ecuador and Bolivia. [2]

It is similar in appearance to several other members of the genus Manduca , but a number of differences distinguish it from Manduca lefeburii , to which it most closely compares.

Adults have been recorded in October.

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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