Manduca diffissa

Manduca diffissa
	Male, dorsal view
	Male, ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Manduca
Species:	M. diffissa
Binomial name
	Manduca diffissa; (Butler, 1871)
Synonyms
	Sphinx diffissa Butler, 1871; Protoparce diffissa ochracea Clark, 1927; Protoparce diffissa mesosa Rothschild & Jordan, 1916; Sphinx diffissa petuniae Boisduval, 1875; Protoparce diffissa tropicalis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Protoparce diffissa zischkai Kernbach, 1952;

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]

Description

The wingspan is 100–105 mm.

Adult moths have been recorded from July to August and from September to December.

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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