Manduca rustica
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Rustic Sphinx
(Drury, 1773) Sphinx

Manduca rustica, south Austin, Texas,
August 2, 2012, courtesy of Jackson Maclean.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, [1802]
Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802
Genus: Dolba Walker, 1856 ...........
Species: hyloeus (Drury, 1773)

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