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Manduca manducoides

Synonyms: Manduca breyeri

Wikipedia Abstract

Manduca manducoides is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil. It is can be distinguished from other species in the Manduca genus by the dark forewing upperside with few paler markings, the hindwing upperside with an extensive white basal area and the underside of the thorax and abdomen which are suffused with pink. There are three yellow side patches located on the abdomen. The underside of the wings is greyish brown. The larvae feed on Annona coriacea.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0