Manduca lefeburii
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| image = Manduca lefeburii MHNT CUT 2010 0 109 Ecuador Male dorsal.jpg
| image_caption = Manduca lefeburii Male dorsal
| image2 = Manduca lefeburii MHNT CUT 2010 0 109 Ecuador Male ventral.jpg
| image2_caption = Manduca lefeburii Male ventral
| genus = Manduca
| species = lefeburii
| authority = (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)[http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Manduca/lefeburii.html CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120723021123/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Manduca/lefeburii.html |date=2012-07-23 }}
| synonyms =
- Sphinx lefeburii Guérin-Méneville, 1844
- Protoparce lefeburii bossardi Gehlen, 1926
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Manduca lefeburii is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution
It is found from Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua and Costa Rica to Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil.[http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mlefebur.htm Silkmoths]
Description
The wingspan is 89–110 mm.
Manduca lefeburii MHNT CUT 2010 0 109 French Guyana female dorsal.jpg|Female dorsal
Manduca lefeburii MHNT CUT 2010 0 109 French Guyana female ventral.jpg|Female ventral
Biology
There are at least two generations per year in Costa Rica with adults on wing from May to June and again from August to December. In Bolivia, adults have been recorded from October to December.
The larvae feed on Casearia arguta, Casearia sylvestris and Casearia corymbosa.
Subspecies
- Manduca lefeburii lefeburii (Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua and Costa Rica to Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil)
- Manduca lefeburii bossardi (Gehlen, 1926) (Mexico)
Manduca lefeburii bossardi MHNT CUT 2010 0 110 Nuevo Xcán Quintana Roo Mexico dorsal.jpg|Manduca lefeburii bossardi Dorsal
Manduca lefeburii bossardi MHNT CUT 2010 0 110 Nuevo Xcán Quintana Roo Mexico ventral.jpg|Manduca lefeburii bossardi Ventral
References
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Category:Moths described in 1844
Category:Sphingidae of South America
Category:Moths of Central America
Category:Lepidoptera of Mexico
Category:Taxa named by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville
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