Manduca contracta

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| image = Manduca contracta BMNHE273598 male up.jpg

| image_caption = Male

| taxon = Manduca contracta

| authority = (Butler, 1875){{cite web|url=https://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/1706 |title=Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory: Manduca contracta |publisher=sphingidae.myspecies.info |accessdate=2024-02-10}}

| synonyms =

• Protoparce contracta Butler, 1875
• Sphinx panaquire Berg, 1885
• Protoparce lucetius argentina Clark, 1926
• Protoparce lucetius exiguus Gehlen, 1942
• Protoparce lucetius nubila Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

}}

Manduca contracta is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Bolivia, Argentina and is probably also present in Uruguay.{{cite web|url=http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mcontracta.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012000637/http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mcontracta.htm |archivedate=2012-10-12 |url-status=dead |title=Silkmoths |publisher=Silkmoths.bizland.com |date=2009-11-16 |accessdate=2011-11-01 }}

The wingspan is 95–105 mm.

Adults have been recorded in February, March, April, May, July, November and December.