Manduca

{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{For|the surname|Manduca (surname)}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Manduca brasiliensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 12 Boca de Mato, Cochoeiras de Macacu, rio de Janeiro blanc.jpg | image_caption = ''Manduca brasiliensis'' | taxon = Manduca | authority = Hübner, 1807 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = About 70, see text | synonyms = *''Syzygia'' Grote & Robinson, 1865 *''Protoparce'' Burmeister, 1855 *''Phlegethontius'' Hübner, 1819 *''Macrosila'' Walker, 1856 *''Diludia'' Grote & Robinson, 1865 *''Chlaenogramma'' Smith, 1887 }}

'''''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.<ref name=kawa>Kawahara, A. Y., et al. (2013). [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23643972 Evolution of ''Manduca sexta'' hornworms and relatives: Biogeographical analysis reveals an ancestral center of diversification in Central America.] ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'', in press.</ref> The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1807.

==Species== {{Columns-list |colwidth=15em | *''Manduca afflicta'' *''Manduca albiplaga'' - white-plaqued sphinx *''Manduca albolineata'' *''Manduca andicola'' *''Manduca armatipes'' *''Manduca aztecus'' *''Manduca barnesi'' *''Manduca bergarmatipes'' *''Manduca bergi'' *''Manduca blackburni'' - Blackburn's sphinx *''Manduca boliviana'' *''Manduca brasiliensis'' *''Manduca brontes'' *''Manduca brunalba'' *''Manduca camposi'' *''Manduca caribbeus'' *''Manduca chinchilla'' *''Manduca clarki'' *''Manduca contracta'' *''Manduca corallina'' *''Manduca corumbensis'' *''Manduca dalica'' *''Manduca diffissa'' *''Manduca dilucida'' *''Manduca duquefi'' *''Manduca empusa'' *''Manduca extrema'' *''Manduca feronia'' *''Manduca florestan'' *''Manduca fosteri'' *''Manduca franciscae'' *''Manduca gloriosa'' *''Manduca gueneei'' *''Manduca hannibal'' *''Manduca huascara'' *''Manduca incisa'' *''Manduca janira'' *''Manduca jasminearum'' - ash sphinx *''Manduca johanni'' *''Manduca jordani'' *''Manduca kuschei'' *''Manduca lamasi'' *''Manduca lanuginosa'' *''Manduca lefeburii'' *''Manduca leucospila'' *''Manduca lichenea'' *''Manduca lucetius'' *''Manduca manducoides'' *''Manduca morelia'' *''Manduca mossi'' *''Manduca muscosa'' - muscosa sphinx *''Manduca neglecta'' *''Manduca occulta'' - occult sphinx *''Manduca ochus'' *''Manduca pellenia'' *''Manduca prestoni'' *''Manduca quinquemaculata'' - five-spotted hawkmoth, tomato hornworm *''Manduca reducta'' *''Manduca rustica'' - rustic sphinx *''Manduca schausi'' *''Manduca scutata'' *''Manduca sesquiplex'' *''Manduca sexta'' - Carolina sphinx, six-spotted hawkmoth, tobacco hornworm *''Manduca stuarti'' *''Manduca trimacula'' *''Manduca tucumana'' *''Manduca undata'' *''Manduca vestalis'' *''Manduca violaalba'' *''Manduca wellingi'' }}

<gallery> 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 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 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 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 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 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'' </gallery>

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Manduca Category:Sphingidae of South America Category:Sphingidae genera Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner