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Updated as per CATE, October 17, 2011 Updated as per personal communication with Ezequiel Bustos (Shilap revta. lepid. 43 (172) diciembre, 2015, 615-631 eISSN 2340-4078 ISSN 0300-5267), January 4, 2016 |
Manduca stuarti, La Paz, Bolivia,
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TAXONOMY:
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 |
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The species is named for Arthur Maxwell Stuart.
CATE: "Distinct in pattern and structure from Manduca species. Discocellular veins of hindwing straight, or m1-m2 faintly curved, not or
slightly oblique; m1-m2 at right angles to vein Rs, with the lower angle of the discal cell obtuse; M1 quite long stalked with RS.
"Frons grey, almost lavender colour contrasting strongly with the yellowish cream palpi, which are deep black at the dorsal margin; the 2nd palpal segment slender,
with scaling a little shorter than on the 1st. Eyes comparatively smaller than in Manduca sexta.
"Foretarsus with very long, strong spines; 1st segment shorter than tibia, with 3 long and 4 shorter, basal, spines, with no small spines externally; segments 2-4
each with a single, long apical spine externally.Mid- and hindtarsi short, with their 1st and 2nd segments as long as their respective tibiae.
No pulvillus. Abdomen underside with no lateral, yellow patch on segment 2, but intensely coloured patches present on the more distal segments; spines at edges of
tergites weak; no spines on the sternites."
Both males and females come to lights.
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