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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Sphinx Moths (Sphingidae) » Sphinginae » Sphingini » Manduca » Rustic Sphinx - Hodges#7778 (Manduca rustica)
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Sphinx moth 081016ccok - Manduca rustica
Copyright © 2016 Jon Ivy

Sphinx moth 081016ccok - Manduca rustica
Caney Creek, Stilwell, Adair County, Oklahoma, USA
August 10, 2016
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Contributed by Jon Ivy on 13 August, 2016 - 11:59am
Last updated 13 August, 2016 - 11:47pm

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… Jason D. Roberts, 13 August, 2016 - 11:47pm login or register to post comments

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… Kyhl Austin, 13 August, 2016 - 10:00pm login or register to post comments

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Jon, I have a hard time telling the from the Rustic without an idea of size. I have seen both. Admittedly, your specimen seems to have a bolder pattern like the Rustic, but the Rustic is really huge. Do you have any idea how large yours was. Both can be seen in Oklahoma.
… A. Hendrickson, 13 August, 2016 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

 
based on the small board it was against
I would estimate about 5 in. from nose to wing tip.
… Jon Ivy, 13 August, 2016 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Good point, but since "really huge" is a relative term
it might help to look at the Manduca on a human hand http://bugguide.net/node/view/718782 and the Dolba also on a human hand http://bugguide.net/node/view/779528.
… Skip Blanchard, 13 August, 2016 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

 
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I agree that I used a poor term (lazy)when I could have given actual sizes and then there is the question of whether the size was for a male or a female of either species. Those were interesting comparisons, to my mind more for the brightness of pattern than for the size.I went back and looked up my actual measurements. One Manduca rustica had a 66mm length and my Dolba hyloeus - Paw Paw Sphinx measured 64mm, not as much difference as I measured. If we really want to ge picky, we can consider the size of an individual hand. But, there is quite a difference in brightness of pattern, so I defer to your opinion.
… A. Hendrickson, 13 August, 2016 - 10:26pm login or register to post comments

Looks like Manduca rustica
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… Skip Blanchard, 13 August, 2016 - 12:04pm login or register to post comments

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