Manduca albiplaga

Male

Female

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Sphinginae
Tribus: Sphingini
Genus: Manduca
Species: Manduca albiplaga
Subspecies: M. a. albiplaga – M. a. alialarva

Name

Manduca albiplaga (Walker, 1856)

Synonyms

• Macrosila albiplaga Walker, 1856 (original combination)
• Manduca albiplaga (Walker, 1856); Hodges, 1971: 33.

References

Additional references

• Haxaire, J. & Melichar, T. 2023. Description of a new Mesoamerican subspecies of Manduca albiplaga (Walker, 1856) (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae, Sphinginae). The European Entomologist 15(3-4): 154-169. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: White-plagued Sphinx

Photos

• silkmoths.bizland. [1]