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Florestan Sphinx

Manduca florestan

Photo by Tom15
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Field Notes

Notes:

This was a really huge moth. Compare it to the normal sized moth next to it.

Species ID Suggestions

Florestan Sphinx

Manduca florestan

Reference Link
Jacob Gorneau
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Comments (4)
Tom15
Manduca florestan looks good to me too. Thanks for the ID Jakubko!
Jacob Gorneau
It looks more like M. florestan to me. What do you think, Tom?
Tom15
Jakubko the 2 species look a lot alike. I added another photo of what looks like the same species, but is a different individual. Maybe that will help?
Jacob Gorneau
Magnificent Manduca! Also a perplexing one. I'm a bit tentative with this one, as there is a very similar species, that I think is a bit more faded, M. vestalis: http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mvestali.htm Here's another link for M. florestan: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxon=Manduca%20florestan I'm looking further to see if I overlooked any species.

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PublishedFebruary 24, 2013

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