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Manduca quinquemaculata, the five-spotted hawkmoth, is a brown and gray hawk moth of the family Sphingidae. The caterpillar , often referred to as the tomato hornworm , can be a major pest in gardens; they get their name from a dark projection on their posterior end and their use of tomatoes as host plants.
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 ]
M. quinquemaculata may refer to: Manduca quinquemaculata , the five-spotted hawkmoth, or its larval form the tomato hornworm Mordellistena quinquemaculata , a beetle species of the family Mordellidae
Tomato worm (Manduca quinquemaculata) Tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) See also ... Images of Sphingidae of Costa Rica Archived 2019-07-20 at the Wayback Machine;
The main predators of N. attenuata are the larvae of two hawkmoth species known as the tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) and tomato hornworm (Manduca quinquemaculata). [5] When these worms eat trichomes on the tobacco leaves the plant produces trypsin protease inhibitors as a direct defense, weakening the hornworm's ability to digest plant ...
Manduca blackburni is closely related to the tomato hornworm (M. quinquemaculata), which it also physically resembles. The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880. Distribution and habitat
Adult wasps lay their eggs in tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) and tomato hornworm (Manduca quinquemaculata) larvae in their 2nd or 3rd instar (each instar is a stage between moltings, i.e. the second instar is the life stage after the first molt and before the second molting) and at the same time injects symbiotic viruses into the hemocoel of the host along with some venom.
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