{{Short description|Species of moth}} {{Speciesbox | image = Manduca contracta BMNHE273598 male up.jpg | image_caption = Male | taxon = Manduca contracta | authority = (Butler, 1875)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/1706 |title=Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory: Manduca contracta |publisher=sphingidae.myspecies.info |accessdate=2024-02-10}}</ref> | synonyms = *''Protoparce contracta'' <small>Butler, 1875</small> *''Sphinx panaquire'' <small>Berg, 1885</small> *''Protoparce lucetius argentina'' <small>Clark, 1926</small> *''Protoparce lucetius exiguus'' <small>Gehlen, 1942</small> *''Protoparce lucetius nubila'' <small>Rothschild & Jordan, 1903</small> }}
'''''Manduca contracta''''' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Bolivia, Argentina and is probably also present in Uruguay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mcontracta.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012000637/http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mcontracta.htm |archivedate=2012-10-12 |url-status=dead |title=Silkmoths |publisher=Silkmoths.bizland.com |date=2009-11-16 |accessdate=2011-11-01 }}</ref>
The wingspan is 95–105 mm.
Adults have been recorded in February, March, April, May, July, November and December.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{cite web|url=http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Manduca/contracta.html |title=CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae |publisher=Cate-sphingidae.org |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803001558/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Manduca/contracta.html |archive-date=2012-08-03 |accessdate=2011-11-01}}
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contracta Category:Moths described in 1875 Category:Sphingidae of South America Category:Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler
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