''Manduca'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the
family
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Sphingidae
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. It is best represented in the tropics, but species ar ...
, the hawkmoths. The genus is used as a
model
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Models can be divided in ...
in the biological sciences. The
tobacco hornworm (''Manduca sexta'') and the
tomato hornworm (''M. quinquemaculata'') in particular have been well studied.
[Kawahara, A. Y., et al. (2013)]
Evolution of ''Manduca sexta'' hornworms and relatives: Biogeographical analysis reveals an ancestral center of diversification in Central America.
''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'', in press. The genus was erected by
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
Scientific career
Hübner was the author of '' ...
in 1807.
Species
Manduca afflicta afflicta MHNT CUT 2010 0 408 Arroyo Bermejo La Habana Cuba, male.jpg, '' Manduca afflicta''
Manduca albiplaga MHNT CUT 2010 0 275 Amapá Bresil female.jpg, '' Manduca albiplaga''
Manduca andicola MHNT CUT 2010 0 106 Tingo María, Huánuco male.jpg, '' Manduca andicola''
Manduca armatipes MHNT CUT 2010 0 260 Carolina (San Luis Province) Argentina male.jpg, '' Manduca armatipes''
Manduca barnesi MHNT CUT 2010 0 351 Bombana, Chiapas, Mexico female.jpg, '' Manduca barnesi''
Manduca bergi MHNT CUT 2010 0 413 La Rioja Argentine male.jpg, '' Manduca bergi''
Manduca boliviana MHNT CUT 2010 0 105 Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia) male.jpg, '' Manduca boliviana''
Manduca brasiliensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 459 São Bento, Paraíba - Female.jpg, '' Manduca brasiliensis''
Manduca brontes cubensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 206 Soroa Pinar del rio Cuba male.jpg, '' Manduca brontes''
Manduca brunalba MHNT CUT 2010 0 463 Rio Verde Matto Grosso Brazil - Male.jpg, '' Manduca brunalba''
Manduca clarki MHNT CUT 2010 0 105 Limbo Chapare Cochabamba Bolivia male.jpg, '' Manduca clarki''
Manduca corallina MHNT CUT 2010 0 457 Catemaco Veracruz Mexico female.jpg, '' Manduca corallina''
Manduca corumbensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 458 Ponte Funda - Vianópolis Goiás Brazil - Female.jpg, '' Manduca corumbensis''
Manduca Crocala MHNT CUT 2010 0 457 Nuevo X-càn Quintana Roo Mexico - female.jpg, '' Manduca crocala''
Manduca dalica dalica MHNT CUT 2010 0 456 Guyane Française - Coralie PK3.973 - Female.jpg, '' Manduca dalica''
Manduca diffissa tropicalis MHNT CUT 2010 0 66 Henri Pittier National Park 1100m male.jpg, '' Manduca diffissa''
Manduca dilucida MHNT CUT 2010 0 274 Nuevo X-càn Quintana Roo Mexico female.jpg, '' Manduca dilucida''
Manduca extrema MHNT CUT 2010 0 351 Puerto Misahualli,Amazonie (Oriente), Equateur, male.jpg, '' Manduca extrema''
Manduca florestan MHNT CUT 2010 0 353 Catemaco Veracruz Mexico female.jpg, '' Manduca florestan''
Manduca franciscae MHNT CUT 2010 0 408, El Pao, Cojedes, Venezuela, female.jpg, '' Manduca franciscae''
Manduca hannibal hamilcar MHNT CUT 2010 0 454 Teresopolis Guapimirim Brazil female.jpg, '' Manduca hannibal''
Manduca huascara MHNT CUT 2010 0 116 Coralie PK3 French Guiana male.jpg, '' Manduca huascara''
Manduca incisa MHNT CUT 2010 0 110 Nova Teutonia Santa Catarina Brazil female.jpg, ''Manduca incisa
''Manduca incisa'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution
It is known from Brazil and Bolivia.
Description
It is similar in appearance to several other members of the genus ''Manduca
''Manduca'' is a genus of moths in the fami ...
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Manduca jasminearum MHNT CUT 2010 0 274 Klingers, PA Schuylkill County male.jpg, ''Manduca jasminearum
''Manduca jasminearum'', the ash sphinx, is a member of the moth family Sphingidae. It ranges from east of the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean, being common in the northeast United States.
The wingspan is 84–105 mm. There are two ...
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Manduca jordani MHNT CUT 2010 0 260 Salta Province Argentina male.jpg, '' Manduca jordani''
Manduca lanuginosa MHNT CUT 2010 0 379, San Pedro Sula, Honduras, female.jpg, '' Manduca lanuginosa''
Manduca lefeburii bossardi MHNT CUT 2010 0 110 Nuevo Xcán Quintana Roo Mexico.jpg, ''Manduca lefeburii
''Manduca lefeburii'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution
It is found from Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua and Costa Rica to Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil.
Description
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or ...
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Manduca leucospila MHNT CUT 2010 0 463 - Maripasoula Guyane française - Male.jpg, '' Manduca leucospila''
Manduca lichenea MHNT CUT 2010 0 351 Alto Quiel, Boquete Chiriqui Panama, female.jpg, '' Manduca lichenea''
Manduca lucetius MHNT CUT 2010 0 12 Itatiaia National Park Brasil.jpg, '' Manduca lucetius''
Manduca manducoides MHNT CUT 2010 0 453 Rio Verde, Matto Grosso, Brésil female.jpg, '' Manduca manducoides''
Manduca morelia MHNT CUT 2010 0 105 Tecpan Chimaltenango male.jpg, '' Manduca morelia''
Manduca muscosa MHNT CUT 2010 0 115 Candelaria Loxicha Oaxaxca female.jpg, '' Manduca muscosa''
Manduca occulta MHNT CUT 2010 452, Cartago Tapanti Costa Rica, female.jpg, '' Manduca occulta''
Manduca ochus MHNT CUT 2010 0 111 Nuevo Xcán Quintana Roo female.jpg, '' Manduca ochus''
Manduca pellenia sjh.JPG, ''Manduca pellenia
''Manduca pellenia'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance fr ...
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Manduca perplexa MHNT CUT 2010 0 459 Guyane Française RN2 KM40 Coll. Haxaire - Male.jpg, '' Manduca perplexa''
Manduca prestoni MHNT CUT 2010 0 106 Pimenta Bueno Rondônia male.jpg, '' Manduca prestoni''
Manduca quinquemaculata MHNT CUT 2010 0 116 Sorel-Tracy Quebec Canada female.jpg, '' Manduca quinquemaculata''
Manduca reducta MHNT CUT 2010 0 408 Limbo Chapare Cochabamba Bolivia, female.jpg, '' Manduca reducta''
Manduca rustica MHNT CUT 2010 0 68 Palenque Mexico Male.jpg, ''Manduca rustica
''Manduca rustica'', the rustic sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775.
Distribution
It is found in the southern parts of the United States (straying into the northern ...
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Manduca scutata MHNT CUT 2010 0 454 Chiriquí Province Panama - Female.jpg, '' Manduca scutata''
Manduca sesquiplex MHNT CUT 2010 0 115 Mexico male.jpg, '' Manduca sesquiplex''
Manduca sexta MHNT CUT 2010 0 104 Caranavi, La Paz Bolivia male.jpg, ''Manduca sexta
''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 mo ...
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Manduca stuarti MHNT CUT 2010 0 460 Cochabamba Bolivia - Female.jpg, '' Manduca stuarti''
Manduca trimacula MHNT CUT 2010 0 460 - Tingo Maria Peru - Male.jpg, '' Manduca trimacula''
Manduca tucumana MHNT CUT 2010 0 111 Villa Nougues Tucuman Argentina male.jpg, '' Manduca tucumana''
Manduca vestalis MHNT CUT 2010 0 116 French Guiana Piste de Kaw PK37 male.jpg, '' Manduca vestalis''
Manduca violaalba MHNT CUT 2010 0 453 Santa Maria, Federal District Brazil female.jpg, '' Manduca violaalba''
Manduca wellingi MHNT CUT 2010 0 105 Nuevo Xcán Quintana Roo male.jpg, ''Manduca wellingi
''Manduca wellingi'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Mexico to Belize
Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatem ...
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References
Sphingidae of South America
Sphingidae genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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