Manduca undata

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| image = Manduca undata BMNHE273717 male up.jpg

| image_caption = Male

| taxon = Manduca undata

| authority = (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903){{Cite web |title=CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae |url=http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Manduca/undata.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721202725/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Manduca/undata.html |archive-date=2012-07-21 |access-date=2011-11-01 |publisher=Cate-sphingidae.org}}{{PD-notice}}

| synonyms =

  • Chlaenogramma undata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
  • Chlaenogramma obscura Clark, 1916
  • Chlaenogramma undata cinerea Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

}}

Manduca undata is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Argentina and Paraguay.{{cite web|url=http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mundata.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195659/http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mundata.htm|archivedate=2016-03-03|url-status=live |title=Silkmoths |publisher=Silkmoths.bizland.com |accessdate=2011-11-01}}

The wingspan is about 100 mm. The head and thorax are pale olive. Both wings have greyish creamy buff or grey uppersides, shaded with brown and crossed by black lines and bands. The underside of both wings has a similar ground colour as the upperside, although the forewing underside is more shaded with brown.

Adults have been recorded in December and March.

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