Manduca

Manduca
Manduca brasiliensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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.