Manduca ochus
Species of moth
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Manduca ochus is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug in 1836.[1]
| Manduca ochus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Manduca |
| Species: | M. ochus |
| Binomial name | |
| Manduca ochus (Klug, 1836) | |
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Distribution
Description
The wingspan is about 12 centimetres (4.7 in).
Male, dorsal view
Male, ventral view
Biology
There are probably two or three generations per year, with adults on wing in nearly all months in Costa Rica.
The larvae probably feed on Solanaceae species.
