Manduca rustica

Rustic sphinx

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Manduca
Species:
M. rustica
Binomial name
Manduca rustica
(Fabricius, 1775)
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, the rustic sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775.

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