---
title: "Rustic Sphinx"
description: "Manduca rustica — Insetos e aranhas. Manduca rustica, the rustic sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/rustic-sphinx
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rustic Sphinx

> Manduca rustica — Insetos e aranhas. Manduca rustica, the rustic sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

- Scientific name: *Manduca rustica*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 11714
- Wikidata: [Q310198](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310198)
- iNaturalist taxon: [126568](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126568)

## Names

- en: Rustic Sphinx
- es: Esfinge Rústica

## Countries with the most observations

US (8725), BR (529), MX (421), AR (355), EC (255), CO (133), CR (109), PA (91), PE (44), GF (40), BO (27), HN (27)

## Summary

Manduca rustica, the rustic sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manduca_rustica

## Photo

![Rustic Sphinx](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rustic-sphinx/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dave Aitel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/285361425

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rustic-sphinx?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).