DISTRIBUTION:

Manduca mossi flies in
Peru (specimen type locality): Lima (7000 feet);
eastern Ecuador (IK); and
Bolivia: Beni: José Ballivián, Espíritu.

Greyish lines are somewhat diffuse, not in sharp contrast with grainy grey (basal, median, terminal areas) and grey-brown (inner lining of aml and postmedian areas). The cell spot is a small, thick v-shape with the apex toward the head. The apical area is concolorous with the terminal area. The inner pm line is concave from the costa for about 40% of its length, then angles almost 90 degrees to form another concave arc for the remaining 60% of its course to the inner margin.

Manduca mossi, courtesy of Jean Haxaire

FLIGHT TIMES:

Manduca mossi adults fly in January and possibly in other months.

ECLOSION:

Pupae probably wiggle to surface from subterranean chambers just prior to eclosion.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen. Adults take nectar from flowers.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larva have been reported on .

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