Manduca ochus

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

{{Speciesbox

| 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

It is found in Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua to Venezuela and Ecuador.

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