Manduca violaalba

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| image = Manduca violaalba MHNT CUT 2010 0 453 Santa Maria, Federal District Brazil male dorsal.jpg

| image_caption = Male dorsal

| image2 = Manduca violaalba MHNT CUT 2010 0 453 Santa Maria, Federal District Brazil male ventral.jpg

| image2_caption = Male ventral

| taxon = Manduca violaalba

| authority = (B. P. Clark, 1922){{cite web|url=https://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/1834 |title=Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory: Manduca violaalba |publisher=sphingidae.myspecies.info |accessdate=2024-02-15}}

| synonyms = *Protoparce violaalba Clark, 1922

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Manduca violaalba is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Benjamin Preston Clark in 1922.

Distribution

It is known from Brazil.{{cite web|url=http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mviolaalba.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035412/http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mviolaalba.htm |archivedate=2016-03-04 |url-status=live |title=Silkmoths |publisher=Silkmoths.bizland.com |accessdate=2011-11-01 }}

Description

The length of the forewings is about 39 mm. It is a unique species in the genus Manduca because of its much darker forewings, also contrasted by its whitish hindwings.

Manduca violaalba MHNT CUT 2010 0 453 Santa Maria, Federal District Brazil female dorsal.jpg|Female Dorsal side

Manduca violaalba MHNT CUT 2010 0 453 Santa Maria, Federal District Brazil female ventral.jpg|Female △ Ventral sides

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