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. Tomato hornworms are closely related to (and sometimes confused with) the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta. This confusion arises because caterpillars of both species have similar morphologies and feed on the foliage of various plants from the family Solanaceae, so either species can be found on tobacco or tomato leaves. Because of this, the plant on which the caterpillar is found does not indicate its species.
Manducaquinquemaculata, the five-spotted hawkmoth, is a brown and gray hawk moth of the family Sphingidae. The caterpillar, often referred to as the...
hawkmoth species known as the tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) and tomato hornworm (Manducaquinquemaculata). When these worms eat trichomes on the tobacco...
Pandora sphinx moth (Eumorpha pandorus) Tomato worm (Manducaquinquemaculata) Tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) Sphingidae species list van Nieukerken; et al...
Adult wasps lay their eggs in tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) and tomato hornworm (Manducaquinquemaculata) larvae in their 2nd or 3rd instar (each instar...
Thomas J. Oliver; Robert J. Byrne. "Suppression of tomato hornworm (Manducaquinquemaculata) and cucumber beetles (Acalymma vittatum and Diabotrica undecimpunctata)...
is dependent on hawkmoths, including the five-spotted hawkmoth (Manducaquinquemaculata) for pollination. Oenothera deltoides is very similar, with short...
pollination. Two primary pollinators are the hawkmoths Hyles lineata and Manducaquinquemaculata. NatureServe (2024). "Mirabilis multiflora". Arlington, Virginia...
and Liriomyza trifolii (the American serpentine leafminer) and Manducaquinquemaculata (the tomato hornworm) in North America. Braconids often will prey...
Manduca blackburni, the Hawaiian tomato hornworm, Hawaiian tobacco hornworm or Blackburn's sphinx moth, is a moth in the family Sphingidae. Manduca blackburni...
closely related alien hawkmoths such as the five-spotted hawkmoth (M. quinquemaculata) and pink-spotted hawkmoth (Agrius cingulata). Despite their inaccessible...
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