Manduca lefeburii (Taxonomy)
Transferred to Manduca by d'Abrera, [1987], Sphingidae Mundi: 28.
Similar to Manduca andicola, Manduca incisa and Manduca jasminearum in having a relatively uniform forewing upperside with a conspicuous, if rather diffuse, dark band running from about midway along the costa to the outer margin near vein CuA1 and incorporating the discal spot.Distinguished from Manduca incisa by the lack of a narrow black mesial line on the abdomen upperside; by the forewing upperside not being paler proximal to the transverse band than distal to it; by the distal costal mark being less conspicuous; and by the shorter apical line. Palpus with segment 2 longer than is usual in Manduca.Foretarsus with 1st segment having 5 or 6 long, but not stout, spines externally, and some moderately long ones near the base.Pulvillus long and narrow. Antenna of female with obvious basal rows of long cilia. Uncus long, gradually tapered to a point, not dilated subapically.Gnathos different from all other Manduca, long, deeply divided, the lobes slender, curved upwards.Valve strongly rounded apically, the dorso-apical margin neither dilated nor bent inwards.Harpe similar to that of Manduca petuniae, the ventral process weakly curved, the dentate lobe more or less rectangular.Aedeagus unusual in having 2 small teeth. Abdomen with 8th sternite swollen centrally into a large tubercle.