Manduca

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Manduca

Five-spotted HawkmothManduca quinquemaculataCaterpillar: Tomato hornworm

Five-spotted Hawkmoth
Manduca quinquemaculata
Caterpillar: Tomato hornworm

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
(unranked)	Macrolepidoptera
Superfamily:	Bombycoidea
Family:	Sphingidae
Subfamily:	Sphinginae
Genus:	Manduca

Species

About 70, see text

Manduca is a moth genus of the Sphingidae (hawkmoth) family. The Carolina Sphinx (Manduca sexta) is often used in biological research.

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White-plaqued Sphinx Manduca albiplaga	Manduca brontes	Manduca corallina	Manduca florestan
Manduca hannibal	Ash Sphinx Manduca jasminearum	Muscosa Sphinx Manduca muscosa	Occult Sphinx Manduca occulta
Manduca ochus	Manduca pellenia	Five-spotted Hawkmoth Manduca quinquemaculata	Rustic Sphinx Manduca rustica
Carolina Sphinx Manduca sexta	Manduca wellingi

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