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Manduca pellenia
Huge Sphinx Moth with a 16 cm wingspan! It was 4.5 cm long. The upper wings are dark and light browns, like bark, the underwings dark grey with white stripes. The upper abdomen has 2 rows of yellow spots, with smaller white spots on the sides of the abdomen. The bottom of the moth was all cream colored. Family Sphingidae.
Came to an ultraviolet light in the garden, San Cristobal de Las Casas, 2,200 meters.
Manduca pellenia and Manduca scutata are very similar. Both have ranges that include Mexico, although information for Mexico is sparse. To me, it looks most like M. pellenia. http://lepidoptera.pro/taxonomy/66144 http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mpellen... http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.ed... http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M... http://www.cahurel-entomologie.com/texte... http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonom...
Spotted on Jul 31, 2014
Submitted on Aug 2, 2014
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