Manduca rustica

Rustic sphinx

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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
Genus:Manduca
Species: M. rustica
Binomial name
Manduca rustica
(Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx rustica Fabricius, 1775
  • Sphinx chionanthi J.E. Smith, 1797
  • Protoparce nigrita Clark, 1926
  • Protoparce postscripta Clark, 1926
  • Protoparce rustica auriflua Gehlen, 1930
  • Phlegethontius rustica harterti Rothschild, 1894
  • Protoparce rustica calapagensis Holland, 1889
  • Phlegethontius rustica cortesi Cary, 1963
  • Protoparce rustica cubana Wood, 1915
  • Protoparce rustica dominicana Gehlen, 1928

Manduca rustica (rustic sphinx) is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution

It is found in the southern parts of the United States (straying into the northern United States at times), southward through Mexico, Central America and South America to Uruguay.

Description

Biology

The larvae feed on Jasminum and Bignonia species and other plants of the Verbenaceae, Convolvulaceae and Lamiaceae and Boraginaceae families.

The species is widespread and adaptable, living in varied habitats from rainforests to deserts and thriving in urban and disturbed habitat. It can live on many types of native and exotic plants.[2]

Subspecies

  • Manduca rustica cortesi (Cary, 1963) (Mexico)
  • Manduca rustica cubana (Wood, 1915) (Cuba, Jamaica)
  • Manduca rustica galapagensis (Holland, 1889) (Galápagos Islands)
  • Manduca rustica harterti (Rothschild, 1894) (Lesser Antilles, including Bonaire and St. Lucia)
  • Manduca rustica rustica (Americas)

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ↑ Manduca rustica. NatureServe. 2012.


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