Manduca kuschei: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Sphingidae
Genus
Manduca
Species
Manduca kuschei
Scientific Name
Manduca kuschei

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Manduca kuschei

Manduca kuschei is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 39 mm for males and 46 mm for females. It is extremely similar to Manduca dilucida and males can only be distinguished by a study of the genitalia. Females are also similar, but are separable by the pattern on their wings. Furthermore, the forewing upperside is more uniform in colour and the ground colour is grey with darker grey and black markings. The forewing and hindwing undersides are grey and the hindwing upperside is grey with darker grey and black markings.

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Manduca kuschei
©Luis Daniel Santana Moreno, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Manduca kuschei
©Luis Daniel Santana Moreno, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)