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Manduca lucetius

Manduca lucetius
Manduca lucetius MHNT CUT 2010 0 12 Itatiaia National Park Brasil dorsal.jpg
Manduca lucetius Dorsal
Manduca lucetius MHNT CUT 2010 0 12 Itatiaia National Park Brasil ventral.jpg
Manduca lucetius Ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Manduca
Species: M. lucetius
Binomial name
Manduca lucetius
(Cramer, 1780)
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.

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.



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