Manduca diffissa
Manduca diffissa is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1871. It is known from most of South America.[2]
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Manduca |
Species: | M. diffissa |
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Biology
Adult moths have been recorded from July to August and from September to December.
Subspecies
- Manduca diffissa diffissa (Butler, 1871) (Argentina and Uruguay)
- Manduca diffissa mesosa (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916) (Argentina and Bolivia)
- Manduca diffissa petuniae (Boisduval, 1875) (south-eastern Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia)
- Manduca diffissa tropicalis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) (Guyana, French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil and Nicaragua)
- Manduca diffissa zischkai (Kernbach, 1952) (Bolivia)
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References
- "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2007-10-31. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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