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Manduca prestoni

Manduca prestoni
Manduca prestoni MHNT CUT 2010 0 106 Pimenta Bueno Rondônia male dorsal.jpg
Manduca prestoni male dorsal
Manduca prestoni MHNT CUT 2010 0 106 Pimenta Bueno Rondônia male ventral.jpg
Manduca prestoni male ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Manduca
Species: M. prestoni
Binomial name
Manduca prestoni
(Gehlen, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Protoparce prestoni Gehlen, 1926

Manduca prestoni is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Brazil, Ecuador and Bolivia.

It is similar in appearance to several other members of the Manduca genus, but a number of differences distinguish it from Manduca lefeburii, to which it most closely compares, particularly in the transverse dark band on the forewing upperside that runs through the discal spot, which is narrower, less diffuse and does not reach the outer margin.

Adults have been recorded in October.



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