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Manduca

Manduca is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, the hawkmoths. The genus is used as a model in the biological sciences. The tobacco hornworm and the tomato hornworm in particular have been well studied. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1807.

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Manduca
Manduca brasiliensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Sphingini
Genus: Manduca
Hübner, 1807
Species

About 70, see text

Synonyms
  • Syzygia Grote & Robinson, 1865
  • Protoparce Burmeister, 1855
  • Phlegethontius Hübner, 1819
  • Macrosila Walker, 1856
  • Diludia Grote & Robinson, 1865
  • Chlaenogramma Smith, 1887

Manduca is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, the hawkmoths. The genus is used as a model in the biological sciences. The tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) and the tomato hornworm (M. quinquemaculata) in particular have been well studied.1 The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1807.

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