Manduca fosteri

(Manduca fosteri)

Description

Manduca fosteri is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1906. It is known from Paraguay and southern Brazil.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:

Class: Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

Family:Sphingidae

Genus:Manduca

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