Manduca diffissa

Manduca diffissa

Manduca diffissa Dorsal ♂

Manduca diffissa ventral ♂ △
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. It is known from most of South America.

The wingspan is 100–105 mm.

Dorsal ♀

Ventral ♀ △

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