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Manduca lefeburii

Manduca lefeburii

(Guérin-Méneville, 1844)

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

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Manduca lefeburii is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution: It is found from Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua and Costa Rica to Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil.

 The wingspan is 89–110 mm.

Biology: There are at least two generations per year in Costa Rica with adults on wing from May to June and again from August to December. In Bolivia, adults have been recorded from October to December.

The larvae feed on Casearia arguta, Casearia sylvestris and Casearia corymbosa.

Subspecies: 
  • Manduca lefeburii lefeburii (Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua and Costa Rica to Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil)
  • Manduca lefeburii bossardi (Gehlen, 1926) (Mexico)

Source: Wikipedia, article Manduca lefeburii. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
7020710/02/2013ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge SurucuáJorge La Grotteria
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Manduca lefeburii – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 23/09/2026.