Manduca bergarmatipes
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Manduca bergarmatipes is a moth
of the Sphingidae
family. It is found in Argentina
and Uruguay
.
The wingspan
is about 88 mm for males and 117 mm for females. It is similar to Manduca armatipes
, but the abdomen is ash grey dorsally, the abdomen is white with two medial black spots ventrally, the forewing upperside is less heavily marked, the subbasal white spots are less prominent and the discal spot is smaller and less prominent. Furthermore, the forewing underside is less heavily marked with a smaller discal spot, the hindwing upperside is darker and the hindwing underside is black, with less prominent transverse lines.
Adults are on wing in 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 in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
and Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is about 88 mm for males and 117 mm for females. It is similar to Manduca armatipes
Manduca armatipes
Manduca armatipes is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Argentina and Manduca armatipes is a [[moth]] of the [[Sphingidae]] family. It is found from [[Argentina]] and...
, but the abdomen is ash grey dorsally, the abdomen is white with two medial black spots ventrally, the forewing upperside is less heavily marked, the subbasal white spots are less prominent and the discal spot is smaller and less prominent. Furthermore, the forewing underside is less heavily marked with a smaller discal spot, the hindwing upperside is darker and the hindwing underside is black, with less prominent transverse lines.
Adults are on wing in November.