Manduca

Manduca
Manduca brasiliensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Subfamily:	Sphinginae
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. quinquemaculatus) in particular have been very well studied.^[1]

Species

Manduca afflicta Manduca albiplaga - white-plaqued sphinx Manduca albolineata Manduca andicola Manduca armatipes Manduca aztecus Manduca barnesi Manduca bergarmatipes Manduca bergi Manduca blackburni - Blackburn's sphinx Manduca boliviana Manduca brasiliensis Manduca brontes Manduca brunalba Manduca camposi Manduca caribbeus Manduca chinchilla Manduca clarki Manduca contracta Manduca corallina Manduca corumbensis Manduca dalica Manduca diffissa Manduca dilucida Manduca duquefi Manduca empusa Manduca extrema Manduca feronia Manduca florestan Manduca fosteri Manduca franciscae Manduca gloriosa Manduca gueneei Manduca hannibal Manduca huascara Manduca incisa Manduca janira

Manduca jasminearum - ash sphinx Manduca johanni Manduca jordani Manduca kuschei Manduca lamasi Manduca lanuginosa Manduca lefeburii Manduca leucospila Manduca lichenea Manduca lucetius Manduca manducoides Manduca morelia Manduca mossi Manduca muscosa - Muscosa sphinx Manduca neglecta Manduca occulta - occult sphinx Manduca ochus Manduca pellenia Manduca prestoni Manduca quinquemaculata - five-spotted hawkmoth, tomato hornworm Manduca reducta Manduca rustica - rustic sphinx Manduca schausi Manduca scutata Manduca sesquiplex Manduca sexta - Carolina sphinx, tobacco hornworm Manduca stuarti Manduca trimacula Manduca tucumana Manduca undata Manduca vestalis Manduca violaalba Manduca wellingi

Gallery

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  Manduca blackburni
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  Manduca brasiliensis
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  Manduca corallina
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  Manduca diffissa
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  Manduca florestan
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  Manduca lucetius
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  Manduca ochus
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  Manduca rustica
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  Manduca scutata
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  Manduca sexta

References

1. Kawahara, A. Y., et al. (2013). Evolution of Manduca sexta hornworms and relatives: Biogeographical analysis reveals an ancestral center of diversification in Central America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, in press.