title: Manduca bergi
text: # Manduca bergi
  
  Manduca bergi is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  It is found in Argentina and Bolivia.
  
  ## Description
  
  The wingspan is about 83 mm. The body and wings are greyish creamy buff, dusted with brown and ochreous scales. The head and thorax are without markings, but there are small black lateral patches on the abdomen. The underside of both wings is slightly pinkish. The forewing underside is much more shaded with brown than the upperside. The hindwing upperside is blackish brown.
  
  * Female dorsal
  * Female ventral
  
  ## Biology
  
  Adults are on wing from January to February, in April, September and November.
  
  