Manduca ochus

Manduca ochus
	Female, dorsal view
	Female, ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Manduca
Species:	M. ochus
Binomial name
	Manduca ochus; (Klug, 1836)
Synonyms
	Sphinx ochus Klug, 1836; Macrosila instita Clemens, 1859; Protoparce ochus;

Manduca ochus is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug in 1836.^[1]

Distribution[]

It is found in Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua to Venezuela and Ecuador.

Description[]

The wingspan is about 12 centimetres (4.7 in). It can be distinguished from other Manduca species by the forewing pattern of a tawny brown and the mottled charcoal costal area. The upperside of the head and thorax are tawny and orange, and there are two pairs of submarginal black dots and a row of marginal black spots on the upperside of the forewing.

Male, dorsal view
Male, ventral view

Biology[]

There are probably two or three generations per year, with adults on wing in nearly all months in Costa Rica.

The larvae probably feed on Solanaceae species.

References[]

^ Savela, Markku. "Manduca ochus (Klug, 1836)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 3, 2019.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Manduca ochus (Klug, 1836)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 3, 2019.

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