Manduca lucetius
| Manduca lucetius | |
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| Manduca lucetius Dorsal | |
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| Manduca lucetius Ventral | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Manduca |
| Species: | M. lucetius
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| Binomial name | |
| Manduca lucetius | |
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Manduca lucetius is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Surinam, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.[2]
There is variation in the shape of the forewings. There are conspicuous black patches on the forewing upperside which, together with the patch in the discal cell, form a large semicircle filled with black scaling.
The larvae feed on Lycopersicon species (including Lycopersicon esculentum), Brugmansia arborea, , Capsicum annuum and Solanum sisymbriifolium.
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