Manduca rustica rustica

Manduca rustica rustica

Manduca rustica rustica
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Rustic Sphinx
(Fabricius, 1775) Sphinx

Manduca rustica, Laguna Madre, Flour Bluff, Corpus Christi, Texas, August 13, 2013, Tim Belde.
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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, [1802]
Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802
Genus: Manduca Hubner, [1807] ...........
Species: rustica rustica (Fabricius, 1775)

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