Galapagos Species Database
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Manduca rustica calapagensis
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Bombycoidea
Family
Sphingidae
Genus
Manduca
Species
rustica
Subspecies
calapagensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Distribution: Baltra, Española, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Fernandina, Marchena, Pinta, Santiago, Rábida (Hayes, 1975; Linsley, 1977; Roque, 2006)
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- McMullen, C.K. (2011) Pollination of the heterostylos Galápagos native, Cordia lutea (Boraginaceae) Plant Syst Evol (2012) 298:569-579
- Roger Perry Tjitte de Vries (2003) Notes on the distribution and breeding ecology of Galapagos lepidoptera Revista Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
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"Galapagos Species Database, Manduca rustica calapagensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13834. Accessed 6 November 2026.