Manduca

About 70, see text 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] The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1807.

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