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What is it?
What is it?
Caterpillar
Where is it from?
Where is it from?
North America
The History of Manduca Sexta
The History of Manduca Sexta
Discovered By Carl Linnaeus in 1763
Taxonomy (Eukaryotic)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Manduca
Species: M. sexta
Fact About Manduca Sexta (Tobacco Hornworm)
Largest moth in North America
Largest caterpillar in North America
Tobacco Hornworm is found on the tomato plant.
Feed on stems, blossoms, leaves, and fruits
Tobacco Hornworm
Tobacco Hornworm
Single White Stripes
Tomato Hornworm
Tomato Hornworm
V-Shape White Stripes
Feeding Behavior of Manduca Sexta (Tobacco Hornworm)
Feeding Behavior of Manduca Sexta (Tobacco Hornworm)
Depends on what they eat determines how fast they will hit the premolt stage
Conclusion
The tobacco hornworm is not that useful the only thing there is known for is damaging tobacco, tomato, and potato crops.
Cited Sources
My Primary Source: Kanost, M. R., Jiang, H., & Yu, X. Q. (2004). Innate immune responses of a lepidopteran insect, Manduca sexta. Immunological reviews, 198(1), 97-105.
Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.0105-2896.2004.0121.x
Secondary Source: Tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta (Linnaeus); tomato hornworm, manduca quinquemaculata (Haworth). (n.d.). Retrieved January 27, 2023, from https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/field/tobacco_hornworm.htm
LInk: https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/field/tobacco_hornworm.htm
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