Manduca scutata

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| image =Manduca scutata MHNT CUT 2010 0 69 Gigante (Huila) Colombia male dorsal.jpg

| image_caption = Manduca scutata male dorsal MHNT

| image2 =Manduca scutata MHNT CUT 2010 0 69 Gigante (Huila) Colombia male ventral.jpg

| image2_caption = Manduca scutata male ventral MHNT

| taxon = Manduca scutata

| authority = (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903){{cite web|url=https://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/1806 |title=Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory: Manduca scutata |publisher=sphingidae.myspecies.info |accessdate=2024-02-15}}

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|Protoparce scutata|Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

|Protoparce henrici|Gehlen, 1926

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Manduca scutata is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution

It is found from Venezuela south to Bolivia and northern Argentina.{{cite web|url=http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mscutscu.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012082206/http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mscutscu.htm|archivedate=2012-10-12|url-status=dead |title=Silkmoths |publisher=Silkmoths.bizland.com |accessdate=2011-11-01}}

Description

The wingspan is about 95 mm.

Manduca scutata MHNT CUT 2010 0 454 Chiriquí Province Panama - Female dorsal.jpg|Female Dorsal side

Manduca scutata MHNT CUT 2010 0 454 Chiriquí Province Panama - Female ventral.jpg|Female Ventral side

Biology

Adults have been recorded in November.

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