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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 ]
Tobacco hornworms (Manduca sexta) detoxify and rapidly excrete nicotine, as do several other related sphinx moths in the subfamilies Sphinginae and Macroglossinae, but members of the Smerinthinae that were tested are susceptible. [12] The species that are able to tolerate the toxin do not sequester it in their tissues; 98% was excreted.
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[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]
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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
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 ...