Manduca ochus
{{Short description|Species of moth}}
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| image = Manduca ochus MHNT CUT 2010 0 111 Nuevo Xcán Quintana Roo female dorsal.jpg
| image_caption = Female, dorsal view
| image2 = Manduca ochus MHNT CUT 2010 0 111 Nuevo Xcán Quintana Roo female ventral.jpg
| image2_caption = Female, ventral view
| taxon = Manduca ochus
| authority = (Klug, 1836)
| synonyms =
- Sphinx ochus Klug, 1836
- Macrosila instita Clemens, 1859
- Protoparce ochus
}}
Manduca ochus is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug in 1836.{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/bombycoidea/sphingidae/sphinginae/manduca/#ochus |title=Manduca ochus (Klug, 1836) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=January 3, 2019}}
Distribution
Description
The wingspan is about {{Convert|12|cm}}.
Manduca ochus MHNT CUT 2010 0 111 Nuevo Xcán Quintana Roo male dorsal.jpg|Male, dorsal view
Manduca ochus MHNT CUT 2010 0 111 Nuevo Xcán Quintana Roo male ventral.jpg|Male, ventral view
Biology
There are probably two or three generations per year, with adults on wing in nearly all months in Costa Rica.
The larvae probably feed on Solanaceae species.
References
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Category:Moths described in 1836
Category:Taxa named by Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug
Category:Sphingidae of South America
Category:Moths of Central America
Category:Lepidoptera of Mexico
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