Manduca diffissa

(Butler, 1871)

Family: Sphingidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Description

Manduca diffissa is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1871. It is known from most of South America.

The wingspan is 100–105 mm.

Biology: Adult moths have been recorded from July to August and from September to December.

Subspecies:

Manduca diffissa diffissa (Butler, 1871) (Argentina and Uruguay)
Manduca diffissa mesosa (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916) (Argentina and Bolivia)
Manduca diffissa petuniae (Boisduval, 1875) (south-eastern Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia)
Manduca diffissa tropicalis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) (Guyana, French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil and Nicaragua)
Manduca diffissa zischkai (Kernbach, 1952) (Bolivia)

Source: Wikipedia, article Manduca diffissa. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 16/07/2026.