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Manduca lucetius

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Manduca lucetius
Manduca lucetius Dorsal
Manduca lucetius Ventral
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Manduca
Species:
M. lucetius
Binomial name
Manduca lucetius
(Cramer, 1780)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx lucetius Cramer, 1780
  • Protoparce perplexa Rothschild & Jordan, 1910

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

There is variation in the shape of the forewings. There are conspicuous black patches on the forewing upperside which, together with the patch in the discal cell, form a large semicircle filled with black scaling.

The larvae feed on Lycopersicon species (including Lycopersicon esculentum), Brugmansia arborea, Brunfelsia uniflora, Capsicum annuum and Solanum sisymbriifolium.

References

  1. ^ CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae
  2. ^ Silkmoths


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