Manduca ochus
Appearance
Manduca ochus | |
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Female, dorsal view | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Manduca |
Species: | M. ochus
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Binomial name | |
Manduca ochus (Klug, 1836)
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Manduca ochus is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug in 1836.[1]
Distribution
[edit]It is found in Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua to Venezuela and Ecuador.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is about 12 centimetres (4.7 in).
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Male, dorsal view
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Male, ventral view
Biology
[edit]There are probably two or three generations per year, with adults on wing in nearly all months in Costa Rica.
The larvae probably feed on Solanaceae species.
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku. "Manduca ochus (Klug, 1836)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 3, 2019.