Manduca

For the surname, see Manduca (surname).

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

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References

↑ 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.

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