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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 ]
In studies with Manduca sexta, moths have dynamic flight sensory capabilities due to their antennae. The antennae are vibrated in a plane so that when the body of the moth rotates during controlled aerial maneuvers, the antennae are subject to the inertial Coriolis forces that are linearly proportional to the angular velocity of the body. [ 8 ]
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
[Manduca quinquemaculata, five-spotted hawk-moth — probable import] [Manduca sexta, tomato sphinx — probable import] [Manduca rustica, rustic sphinx — probable import] Sphinx ligustri, privet hawk-moth — south [Sphinx drupiferarum, wild cherry sphinx — possible migrant, more likely import]
This is a species list for the family Sphingidae of moths (Lepidoptera), commonly known as hawk-moths.This list contains all known species of Sphingidae in order of subfamily.
M. Manduca afflicta; Manduca albiplaga; Manduca albolineata; Manduca andicola; Manduca armatipes; Manduca aztecus; Manduca barnesi; Manduca bergarmatipes; Manduca bergi
Manduca sexta is a moth of the family Sphingidae present through much of the Americas.The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 Centuria Insectorum.. Commonly known as the Carolina sphinx moth and the tobacco hawk moth (as adults) and the tobacco hornworm and the Goliath worm (as larvae), it is closely related to and often confused with the very similar tomato hornworm ...