Manduca rustica

Rustic Sphinx

Manduca rustica, adult male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
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

The Rustic Sphinx (Manduca rustica) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. 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.

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

Subspecies

Manduca rustica rustica (from Virginia to south Florida, west to Arkansas, Texas, southern New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California and Puerto Rico and Cuba, and then further south through Central America to Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay and Argentina)
Manduca rustica galapagensis (Holland, 1889) (Galapagos Islands)
Manduca rustica cortesi (Cary, 1963) (Mexico)
Manduca rustica cubana (Wood, 1915) (Cuba and Jamaica)
Manduca rustica harterti (Rothschild, 1894) (the Lessser Antilles including Bonaire, as well as St. Lucia)