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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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Rustic Sphinx - Manduca rustica
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Rustic Sphinx - Manduca rustica
Mission, Hildago County, Texas, USA
October 22, 2004
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Contributed by tom murray on 17 September, 2005 - 12:21pm
Last updated 7 September, 2016 - 7:16pm

Tom, what do you think about
Rustic Sphinx - Manduca rustica, Wagner page 249, granulated horn and golden mane. Any chance you know what plant it was on? Here's an image from Arizona. Maybe Alan Chin-Lee will comment if he's out there.
… john and jane balaban, 9 October, 2005 - 8:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Rustic Sphinx
The horn and the golden mane do match, and I didn't see any others in the book with those features. It looks like a picture already in the guide, but the stripes don't look as dark, maybe because of the exposure. Not sure what plant it was on, only that it was on a vine like plant in a hedgerow.
… tom murray, 9 October, 2005 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like it could be Bignonia,
which is a known host. See Bignonia capreolata for instance, which is native to Texas.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 23 January, 2006 - 7:22am login or register to post comments

 
Trumpet flower
Thanks for the plant info, Hannah. It looks like it was a Bignonia plant.
… tom murray, 23 January, 2006 - 7:34am login or register to post comments

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