Manduca dalica is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution It is known from Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela and Costa Rica.
Description The wingspan is 120–135 mm. The upperside is generally dark, with mottled white forewing bases, connected by a similar pattern across the posterior part of the thorax. There is a large, prominent, white discal spot and a whitish apical mark.
Biology Adults have been recorded in February and from April to October in Costa Rica and in November in Brazil. There are probably three generations per year.
Subspecies Manduca dalica dalica (Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela and Costa Rica) Manduca dalica anthina (Jordan, 1911) (south-eastern Brazil)
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