Manduca franciscae
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| image = Manduca franciscae MHNT CUT 2010 0 408, Guatopo national park Venezuela, male dorsal.jpg
| image_caption = Male dorsal
| image2 = Manduca franciscae MHNT CUT 2010 0 408, Guatopo national park Venezuela, male ventral.jpg
| image2_caption = Male ventral
| taxon = Manduca franciscae
| authority = (B.P Clark, 1916)[https://archive.today/20120803195228/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Manduca/franciscae.html CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae] {{PD-notice}}
| synonyms =
- Protoparce franciscae Clark, 1916
}}
Manduca franciscae is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution
Description
The length of the forewings is 42–47 mm for males and about 55 mm for females. It is similar in appearance to several other members of the genus Manduca, but whiter than any other species in the genus with the exception of Manduca sexta leucoptera. The forewing underside is light brown, shading to white, the hindwing upperside is brown and the hindwing underside is white, except for the light brown antemedian and submarginal bands. Females are darker and more contrastingly patterned than males.
Manduca franciscae MHNT CUT 2010 0 408, El Pao, Cojedes, Venezuela, female dorsal.jpg|Female dorsal
Manduca franciscae MHNT CUT 2010 0 408, El Pao, Cojedes, Venezuela, female ventral.jpg|Female ventral
References
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Category:Moths described in 1916
Category:Sphingidae of South America
Category:Taxa named by Benjamin Preston Clark
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