{{Short description|Species of moth}} {{Speciesbox | image = Sphinx moth (Manduca schausi).jpg | image_caption = Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama | taxon = Manduca schausi | authority = (Clark, 1919)<ref>{{Cite web |title=CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae |url=http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Manduca/schausi.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723232538/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Manduca/schausi.html |archive-date=2012-07-23 |access-date=2011-11-01 |publisher=Cate-sphingidae.org}}{{PD-notice}}</ref> | synonyms = *''Protoparce schausi'' <small>Clark, 1919</small> }} '''''Manduca schausi''''' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica to Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mschausi.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012081751/http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/mschausi.htm|archivedate=2012-10-12|url-status=dead |title=Silkmoths |publisher=Silkmoths.bizland.com |accessdate=2011-11-01}}</ref>
The wingspan is 114–138 mm. It is intermediate between ''Manduca lichenea'' and ''Manduca florestan'', with a pattern that is similar to both. The body and forewings are grey with a green tinge, but the forewing upperside is darker. Adults are on wing nearly year round in Costa Rica.
The larvae feed on ''Capsicum annuum'' and ''Lycopersicon esculentum''.
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schausi Category:Moths described in 1919 Category:Sphingidae of South America Category:Moths of Central America Category:Lepidoptera of Mexico
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