Manduca muscosa
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| name = Muscosa sphinx
| image = Manduca muscosa MHNT CUT 2010 0 115 Los Lauveles, Michoacán, Mexico dorsal.jpg
| image_caption = Manduca muscosa, dorsal
| image2 = Manduca muscosa MHNT CUT 2010 0 115 Los Lauveles, Michoacán, Mexico ventral.jpg
| image2_caption = Manduca muscosa, ventral
| taxon = Manduca muscosa
| authority = (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903){{Cite web |title=CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae |url=http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Manduca/muscosa.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722152846/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Manduca/muscosa.html |archive-date=2012-07-22 |access-date=2011-11-01 |publisher=Cate-sphingidae.org}} {{PD-notice}}
| synonyms =
- Protoparce muscosa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
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Manduca muscosa, the muscosa sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution
It is found from southern and western Arizona in tropical and subtropical lowlands and premontane forests and oak woodland, then south through Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.{{cite web|url=http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mmuscosa.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193337/http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mmuscosa.htm|archivedate=2016-03-04|url-status=live |title=Silkmoths |publisher=Silkmoths.bizland.com |accessdate=2011-11-01}}
Description
The wingspan is 100–126 mm. It is similar to Manduca sesquiplex but the forewing is much less elongate, the ground colour of the body and wings is darker, almost olive and the pale bands on the hindwing are less prominent.
Manduca muscosa MHNT CUT 2010 0 115 Candelaria Loxicha Oaxaxca female dorsal.jpg|Female Dorsale
Manduca muscosa MHNT CUT 2010 0 115 Candelaria Loxicha Oaxaxca female ventral.jpg|Female ventral
Biology
There is one generation per year with adults on wing from mid-July to early August in southern Arizona. In Costa Rica, adults are on wing from May to November.
The larvae feed on Verbesina gigantea, Lasianthaea fruticosa, Eupatorium albicaule, Viguiera dentate, Eupatorium albicaule, Lantana camara, sunflower and Jacaranda caroba.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051109063829/http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/moths/usa/1077.htm Muscosa sphinx] Moths of North America Guide
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Category:Moths described in 1903
Category:Taxa named by Karl Jordan
Category:Taxa named by Walter Rothschild
Category:Moths of Central America
Category:Lepidoptera of Mexico
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