''Manduca'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s in the

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

Sphingidae The Sphingidae are a family of moths (Lepidoptera) 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, bu ...

, the hawkmoths. The genus is used as a

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in the biological sciences. The

tobacco hornworm ''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 m ...

(''Manduca sexta'') and the

tomato hornworm ''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 projectio ...

(''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 barnesi'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae The Sphingidae are a family of moths (Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes abou ...

'' 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 boliviana'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae The Sphingidae are a family of moths (Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes ab ...

'' Manduca brasiliensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 459 São Bento, Paraíba - Female.jpg, ''

Manduca brasiliensis ''Manduca brasiliensis'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. Distribution It is found in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Para ...

'' Manduca brontes cubensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 206 Soroa Pinar del rio Cuba male.jpg, ''

Manduca brontes ''Manduca brontes'' is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae first described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is known from Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, the Cayman Islands, the Dominican Republic and Suriname. Adults are on wing from Apri ...

'' 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 corallina'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1883. Distribution It is found from Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica south to Venezuela. Description The wingspan is 104–11 ...

'' Manduca corumbensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 458 Ponte Funda - Vianópolis Goiás Brazil - Female.jpg, ''

Manduca corumbensis ''Manduca corumbensis'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. Distribution It is known from Bolivia and Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South Am ...

'' 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 dalica'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. Distribution It is known from Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela and Costa Rica. Description The wingspan is 120–135 mm. The upperside is generally dark, with mottled white fore ...

'' Manduca diffissa tropicalis MHNT CUT 2010 0 66 Henri Pittier National Park 1100m male.jpg, ''

Manduca diffissa ''Manduca diffissa'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1871. It is known from most of South America. Description The wingspan is 100–200 mm. Manduca diffissa tropicalis MHNT CUT 2010 0 105 ...

'' 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 jasminearum MHNT CUT 2010 0 274 Klingers, PA Schuylkill County male.jpg, '' Manduca jasminearum'' 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 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 lichenea'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Hermann Burmeister in 1855. Distribution It is known from south-eastern Brazil. Description The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane ...

'' 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 morelia'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1884. It is known from Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America ...

'' 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 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 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 projectio ...

'' 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 ...

'' Manduca scutata MHNT CUT 2010 0 454 Chiriquí Province Panama - Female.jpg, ''

Manduca scutata ''Manduca scutata'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. Distribution It is found from Venezuela south to Bolivia and northern Argentina. Description The wingspan is about 95 mm. Manduca scutata MHNT CUT 2010 0 454 Chiriquí Province ...

'' 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 Species description, first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 ''Centuria Insectorum''. Commonly known as the Carolina sphinx moth and ...

'' 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 trimacula'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Colombia to Ecuador, Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country ...

'' 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''

References

Sphingidae of South America Moth genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Manduca-stub