Manduca bergi

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| image = Manduca bergi MHNT CUT 2010 0 413 La Rioja Argentine male dorsal.jpg

| image_caption = Male dorsal

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| taxon = Manduca bergi

| authority = (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903){{cite web|url=http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Manduca/bergi.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114140153/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Manduca/bergi.html|archivedate=2012-11-14|url-status=dead|title=CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae |publisher=Cate-sphingidae.org |accessdate=2011-11-01}} {{PD-notice}}

| synonyms = *Protoparce bergi Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

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Manduca bergi is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.

Distribution

It is found in Argentina and Bolivia.{{cite web|url=http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mbergi.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011193959/http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mbergi.htm |archivedate=2012-10-11 |url-status=dead |title=Silkmoths |publisher=Silkmoths.bizland.com |accessdate=2011-11-01 }}

Description

The wingspan is about 83 mm. The body and wings are greyish creamy buff, dusted with brown and ochreous scales. The head and thorax are without markings, but there are small black lateral patches on the abdomen. The underside of both wings is slightly pinkish. The forewing underside is much more shaded with brown than the upperside. The hindwing upperside is blackish brown.

Manduca bergi MHNT CUT 2010 0 413, Cochabamba, Bolivie, femelle dorsal.jpg|Female dorsal

Manduca bergi MHNT CUT 2010 0 413, Cochabamba, Bolivie, femelle ventral.jpg|Female ventral

Biology

Adults are on wing from January to February, in April, September and November.

References

Category:Manduca

Category:Moths described in 1903

Category:Taxa named by Walter Rothschild

Category:Taxa named by Karl Jordan

Category:Sphingidae of South America