Manduca rustica, the rustic sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

[1] It is found in the southern parts of the United States (straying into the northern United States at times), southward through Mexico, Central America and South America to Uruguay.

The larvae feed on a variety of plants including Jasminum, Bignonia and Chilopsis.

Larvae have been recorded on plants from a variety of families, including Bignoniaceae, Oleaceae, Verbenaceae, Convolvulaceae and Lamiaceae.

It can live on many types of native and exotic plants.