Manduca prestoni

Manduca prestoni
Manduca prestoni male dorsal
Manduca prestoni male ventral
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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 genus Manduca, but a number of differences distinguish it from Manduca lefeburii, to which it most closely compares.

Adults have been recorded in October.

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2011-11-01.