Manduca barnesi
Encyclopedia
Manduca andicola is a moth
of the Sphingidae
family. It is found from Guatemala
to Costa Rica
.
The length of the forewings is about 60 mm. It is similar to Manduca franciscae
and Manduca florestan
, but longer winged than the latter. The forewing upperside ground colour is white with no discal spot. The markings are generally faint. The forewing underside is unicolorous brown and the marginal black band is very narrow. The fringe is mostly white but brown at the veins. The hindwing upperside is black, but suffused with white toward the anal angle. The hindwing underside is brown, with the basal third heavily suffused with white.
There are three generations per year in Costa Rica, with adults on wing in January, from May to July, and from September to November.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Sphingidae
Sphingidae
Sphingidae is a family of moths , commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms, that includes about 1,200 species . It is best represented in the tropics but there are species in every region . They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their rapid,...
family. It is found from Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
to Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
.
The length of the forewings is about 60 mm. It is similar to Manduca franciscae
Manduca franciscae
Manduca franciscae is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Venezuela.The length of the forewings is 42-47 mm for males and about 55 mm for females. It is similar in appearance to several other members of the Manduca genus, but whiter than any other species in the genus with the...
and Manduca florestan
Manduca florestan
The Florestan Sphinx is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from the from the mountains of southern Arizona, New Mexico, and the lower Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas through Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and the rest of Central America south into South America at...
, but longer winged than the latter. The forewing upperside ground colour is white with no discal spot. The markings are generally faint. The forewing underside is unicolorous brown and the marginal black band is very narrow. The fringe is mostly white but brown at the veins. The hindwing upperside is black, but suffused with white toward the anal angle. The hindwing underside is brown, with the basal third heavily suffused with white.
There are three generations per year in Costa Rica, with adults on wing in January, from May to July, and from September to November.