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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Sphinx Moths (Sphingidae) » Sphinginae » Sphingini » Manduca » Muscosa Sphinx - Hodges#7781 (Manduca muscosa)

Species Manduca muscosa - Muscosa Sphinx - Hodges#7781

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 muscosa (Muscosa Sphinx - Hodges#7781)

Hodges Number

7781

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Manduca muscosa (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Protoparce muscosa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

* phylogenetic sequence #226550

Explanation of Names

Muscosa is Latin for "mossy".

Size

Forewing length 4.7-6.0 cm. (1)

Range

Costa Rica north through Mexico to southern and western Arizona.

Season

Mid-July to early August.

Food

Larvae feed on toothleaf goldeneye (Viguiera dentata, Asteraceae) and other composites. (1)

Print References

Hodges, R.W. 1971. Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 21: p.35, pl.1.9

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl.40.8f, p.244 (1)

Rothschild, W. & K. Jordan 1903. A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae. Supplement, Novitates Zoologicae 9: 91

Tuttle, J.P. 2007. Hawk Moths of North America. p.54, pl. 8.8 (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - species page

Bill Oehlke's Manduca muscosa species page

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	The Hawk Moths of North America, A Natural History Study of the Sphingidae of the United States and Canada. James P Tuttle. 2007. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation Inc.

Contributed by Ethan Kistler on 22 February, 2007 - 6:50pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 9 May, 2013 - 7:19pm

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