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Species Manduca occulta - Occult Sphinx - Hodges#7777

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Bombycoidea (Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths)

Family Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)

Subfamily Sphinginae

Tribe Sphingini

Genus Manduca

Species occulta (Occult Sphinx - Hodges#7777)

Hodges Number

7777

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

First described in 1903 by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan as Protoparce occulta

Internet References

Butterflies and Moths of North America

A Revision of the Lepidopterous Family Sphingidae, p.77 The original species description (Biodiversity Heritage Library- GnuBook format)

Contributed by Ethan Kistler on 17 February, 2007 - 3:47pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 24 May, 2009 - 1:02am

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