Manduca rustica
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| Manduca rustica | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Manduca |
| Species: | M. rustica |
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| Manduca rustica (Fabricius, 1775)[1] | |
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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 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)
Gallery
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Female
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Larva
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ Manduca rustica. NatureServe. 2012.
External links
- Rustic Sphinx. Butterflies and Moths of North America
- Moths of North Dakota
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