Manduca
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| Manduca | |
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| Five-spotted Hawkmoth Manduca quinquemaculata Caterpillar: tomato hornworm |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphinginae |
| Genus: | Manduca Hübner, 1807 |
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About 70, see text |
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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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Caterpillar of an unidentified Manduca species
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White-plaqued Sphinx
Manduca albiplaga -
Ash Sphinx
Manduca jasminearum -
Muscosa Sphinx
Manduca muscosa -
Occult Sphinx
Manduca occulta -
Five-spotted Hawkmoth
Manduca quinquemaculata -
Rustic Sphinx
Manduca rustica -
Carolina Sphinx
Manduca sexta
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