Manduca prestoni (Taxonomy)
General description:
Synonymized with Protoparce incisa as a subspecies by Kernbach, 1957, Dt. ent. Z. (N.F.) 4: 82. Reinstated as a species by Haxaire, 1995, Bull. Soc. ent. Fr.100: 280 (key), 283.
Morphology:
Very similar to Manduca lefeburii, but the forewing upperside transverse dark band that runs through the discal spot is narrower, less diffuse, and does not reach the outer margin. It ends about 2/3 the distance to the outer margin, and is represented by dark submarginal and marginal marks on veins M3 and CuA1. The more distal dark costal mark is more conspicuous than in Manduca lefeburii.