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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.
Agrius convolvuli, convolvulus hawk-moth — migrant; Acherontia atropos, death's-head hawk-moth — migrant [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
As adults, tomato hornworms turn into five-spotted hawk moths, but while in caterpillar form, the bugs can wreak havoc on your tomato plants. The hornworms can completely defoliate a plant, and ...
The Sphingidae are a family of moths commonly called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as hornworms. It includes about 1,450 species . [ 1 ] It is best represented in the tropics , but species are found in every region. [ 2 ]
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]
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. There should be about 1,288 species listed. There are three subfamilies: Subfamily Macroglossinae; Subfamily Smerinthinae; Subfamily Sphinginae; The species list is ...
Agrius cingulata, the pink-spotted hawkmoth or sweetpotato hornworm, is a moth in the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. Description
Closeup on the head of a common clothes moth. Dryadaula pactolia Meyrick, 1902; Monopis crocicapitella (Clemens, 1859) (pale-backed clothes moth); Monopis laevigella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) (skin moth)