Manduca rustica (Fabricius, 1775)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Sphingidae → subfamily Sphinginae → tribe Sphingini → genus Manduca → species Manduca rustica
Species name(s)
Manduca rustica (Fabricius, 1775) = Sphinx rustica Fabricius, 1775 = Sphinx chionanthi J. E. Smith, 1797 = auriflua (Gehlen, 1930) = Macrosila rustica = Protoparce rustica. [9, 85]
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Nearctic, Neotropic.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, French Guiana
Migrate to the United States (Texas, Louisiana) and south to Argentina. [PC93].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Lippia alba, Aloysia wrightii (Verbenaceae), Ehretia anacua (Boraginaceae), Chionanthus virginicus, Jasminum species (Oleaceae), Chilopsis linearis, Bignonia species (Bignoniaceae) [PC93].
Subspecies of Manduca rustica
- Manduca rustica calapagensis (Holland, 1889). [9]
- M. r. cortesi (Cary, 1963). [9]
- M. r. cubana (Wood, 1915). [9]
- M. r. dominicana Gehlen., 1928. [187]
- M. r. harterii Rothschild, 1894. [187]
- M. r. harterti (Rothschild, 1894). [9]
- M. r. rustica. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Vasiliy Feoktistov. Text data: Vasiliy Feoktistov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
References
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
- [PC93] Vasiliy Feoktistov
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