# Manduca

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{{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](/source/Manduca_brasiliensis)'' 
| taxon = Manduca
| authority = [Hübner](/source/Jacob_H%C3%BCbner), 1807 
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = About 70, see text
| synonyms = 
*''Syzygia'' <small>Grote & Robinson, 1865</small>
*''Protoparce'' <small>Burmeister, 1855</small>
*''Phlegethontius'' <small>Hübner, 1819</small>
*''Macrosila'' <small>Walker, 1856</small>
*''Diludia'' <small>Grote & Robinson, 1865</small>
*''Chlaenogramma'' <small>Smith, 1887</small>
}}

'''''Manduca''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [moth](/source/moth)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Sphingidae](/source/Sphingidae), the hawkmoths. The genus is used as a [model](/source/model_organism) in the biological sciences. The [tobacco hornworm](/source/Manduca_sexta) (''Manduca sexta'') and the [tomato hornworm](/source/Manduca_quinquemaculata) (''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](/source/Jacob_H%C3%BCbner) in 1807.

==Species==
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*''[Manduca afflicta](/source/Manduca_afflicta)''
*''[Manduca albiplaga](/source/Manduca_albiplaga)'' - white-plaqued sphinx
*''[Manduca albolineata](/source/Manduca_albolineata)''
*''[Manduca andicola](/source/Manduca_andicola)''
*''[Manduca armatipes](/source/Manduca_armatipes)''
*''[Manduca aztecus](/source/Manduca_aztecus)''
*''[Manduca barnesi](/source/Manduca_barnesi)''
*''[Manduca bergarmatipes](/source/Manduca_bergarmatipes)''
*''[Manduca bergi](/source/Manduca_bergi)''
*''[Manduca blackburni](/source/Manduca_blackburni)'' - Blackburn's sphinx
*''[Manduca boliviana](/source/Manduca_boliviana)''
*''[Manduca brasiliensis](/source/Manduca_brasiliensis)''
*''[Manduca brontes](/source/Manduca_brontes)''
*''[Manduca brunalba](/source/Manduca_brunalba)''
*''[Manduca camposi](/source/Manduca_camposi)''
*''[Manduca caribbeus](/source/Manduca_caribbeus)''
*''[Manduca chinchilla](/source/Manduca_chinchilla)''
*''[Manduca clarki](/source/Manduca_clarki)''
*''[Manduca contracta](/source/Manduca_contracta)''
*''[Manduca corallina](/source/Manduca_corallina)''
*''[Manduca corumbensis](/source/Manduca_corumbensis)''
*''[Manduca dalica](/source/Manduca_dalica)''
*''[Manduca diffissa](/source/Manduca_diffissa)''
*''[Manduca dilucida](/source/Manduca_dilucida)''
*''[Manduca duquefi](/source/Manduca_duquefi)''
*''[Manduca empusa](/source/Manduca_empusa)''
*''[Manduca extrema](/source/Manduca_extrema)''
*''[Manduca feronia](/source/Manduca_feronia)''
*''[Manduca florestan](/source/Manduca_florestan)''
*''[Manduca fosteri](/source/Manduca_fosteri)''
*''[Manduca franciscae](/source/Manduca_franciscae)''
*''[Manduca gloriosa](/source/Manduca_gloriosa)''
*''[Manduca gueneei](/source/Manduca_gueneei)''
*''[Manduca hannibal](/source/Manduca_hannibal)''
*''[Manduca huascara](/source/Manduca_huascara)''
*''[Manduca incisa](/source/Manduca_incisa)''
*''[Manduca janira](/source/Manduca_janira)''
*''[Manduca jasminearum](/source/Manduca_jasminearum)'' - ash sphinx
*''[Manduca johanni](/source/Manduca_johanni)''
*''[Manduca jordani](/source/Manduca_jordani)''
*''[Manduca kuschei](/source/Manduca_kuschei)''
*''[Manduca lamasi](/source/Manduca_lamasi)''
*''[Manduca lanuginosa](/source/Manduca_lanuginosa)''
*''[Manduca lefeburii](/source/Manduca_lefeburii)''
*''[Manduca leucospila](/source/Manduca_leucospila)''
*''[Manduca lichenea](/source/Manduca_lichenea)''
*''[Manduca lucetius](/source/Manduca_lucetius)''
*''[Manduca manducoides](/source/Manduca_manducoides)''
*''[Manduca morelia](/source/Manduca_morelia)''
*''[Manduca mossi](/source/Manduca_mossi)''
*''[Manduca muscosa](/source/Manduca_muscosa)'' - muscosa sphinx
*''[Manduca neglecta](/source/Manduca_neglecta)''
*''[Manduca occulta](/source/Manduca_occulta)'' - occult sphinx
*''[Manduca ochus](/source/Manduca_ochus)''
*''[Manduca pellenia](/source/Manduca_pellenia)''
*''[Manduca prestoni](/source/Manduca_prestoni)''
*''[Manduca quinquemaculata](/source/Manduca_quinquemaculata)'' - five-spotted hawkmoth, tomato hornworm
*''[Manduca reducta](/source/Manduca_reducta)''
*''[Manduca rustica](/source/Manduca_rustica)'' - rustic sphinx
*''[Manduca schausi](/source/Manduca_schausi)''
*''[Manduca scutata](/source/Manduca_scutata)''
*''[Manduca sesquiplex](/source/Manduca_sesquiplex)''
*''[Manduca sexta](/source/Manduca_sexta)'' - Carolina sphinx, six-spotted hawkmoth, tobacco hornworm
*''[Manduca stuarti](/source/Manduca_stuarti)''
*''[Manduca trimacula](/source/Manduca_trimacula)''
*''[Manduca tucumana](/source/Manduca_tucumana)''
*''[Manduca undata](/source/Manduca_undata)''
*''[Manduca vestalis](/source/Manduca_vestalis)''
*''[Manduca violaalba](/source/Manduca_violaalba)''
*''[Manduca wellingi](/source/Manduca_wellingi)''
}}

<gallery>
Manduca afflicta afflicta MHNT CUT 2010 0 408 Arroyo Bermejo La Habana Cuba, male.jpg|''[Manduca afflicta](/source/Manduca_afflicta)''
Manduca albiplaga MHNT CUT 2010 0 275 Amapá Bresil female.jpg|''[Manduca albiplaga](/source/Manduca_albiplaga)''
Manduca andicola MHNT CUT 2010 0 106 Tingo María, Huánuco male.jpg|''[Manduca andicola](/source/Manduca_andicola)''
Manduca armatipes MHNT CUT 2010 0 260 Carolina (San Luis Province) Argentina male.jpg|''[Manduca armatipes](/source/Manduca_armatipes)''
Manduca barnesi MHNT CUT 2010 0 351 Bombana, Chiapas, Mexico female.jpg|''[Manduca barnesi](/source/Manduca_barnesi)''
Manduca bergi MHNT CUT 2010 0 413 La Rioja Argentine male.jpg|''[Manduca bergi](/source/Manduca_bergi)''
Manduca boliviana MHNT CUT 2010 0 105 Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia) male.jpg|''[Manduca boliviana](/source/Manduca_boliviana)''
Manduca brasiliensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 459 São Bento, Paraíba - Female.jpg|''[Manduca brasiliensis](/source/Manduca_brasiliensis)''
Manduca brontes cubensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 206 Soroa Pinar del rio Cuba male.jpg|''[Manduca brontes](/source/Manduca_brontes)''
Manduca brunalba MHNT CUT 2010 0 463 Rio Verde Matto Grosso Brazil - Male.jpg|''[Manduca brunalba](/source/Manduca_brunalba)''
Manduca clarki MHNT CUT 2010 0 105 Limbo Chapare Cochabamba Bolivia male.jpg|''[Manduca clarki](/source/Manduca_clarki)''
Manduca corallina MHNT CUT 2010 0 457 Catemaco Veracruz Mexico female.jpg|''[Manduca corallina](/source/Manduca_corallina)''
Manduca corumbensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 458 Ponte Funda - Vianópolis Goiás Brazil - Female.jpg|''[Manduca corumbensis](/source/Manduca_corumbensis)''
Manduca Crocala MHNT CUT 2010 0 457 Nuevo X-càn Quintana Roo Mexico - female.jpg|''[Manduca crocala](/source/Manduca_crocala)''
Manduca dalica dalica MHNT CUT 2010 0 456 Guyane Française - Coralie PK3.973 - Female.jpg|''[Manduca dalica](/source/Manduca_dalica)''
Manduca diffissa tropicalis MHNT CUT 2010 0 66 Henri Pittier National Park 1100m male.jpg|''[Manduca diffissa](/source/Manduca_diffissa)''
Manduca dilucida MHNT CUT 2010 0 274 Nuevo X-càn Quintana Roo Mexico female.jpg|''[Manduca dilucida](/source/Manduca_dilucida)''
Manduca extrema MHNT CUT 2010 0 351 Puerto Misahualli,Amazonie (Oriente), Equateur, male.jpg|''[Manduca extrema](/source/Manduca_extrema)''
Manduca florestan MHNT CUT 2010 0 353 Catemaco Veracruz Mexico female.jpg|''[Manduca florestan](/source/Manduca_florestan)''
Manduca franciscae MHNT CUT 2010 0 408, El Pao, Cojedes, Venezuela, female.jpg|''[Manduca franciscae](/source/Manduca_franciscae)''
Manduca hannibal hamilcar MHNT CUT 2010 0 454 Teresopolis Guapimirim Brazil female.jpg|''[Manduca hannibal](/source/Manduca_hannibal)''
Manduca huascara MHNT CUT 2010 0 116 Coralie PK3 French Guiana male.jpg|''[Manduca huascara](/source/Manduca_huascara)''
Manduca incisa MHNT CUT 2010 0 110 Nova Teutonia Santa Catarina Brazil female.jpg|''[Manduca incisa](/source/Manduca_incisa)''
Manduca jasminearum MHNT CUT 2010 0 274 Klingers, PA Schuylkill County male.jpg|''[Manduca jasminearum](/source/Manduca_jasminearum)'' 
Manduca jordani MHNT CUT 2010 0 260 Salta Province Argentina male.jpg|''[Manduca jordani](/source/Manduca_jordani)''
Manduca lanuginosa MHNT CUT 2010 0 379, San Pedro Sula, Honduras, female.jpg|''[Manduca lanuginosa](/source/Manduca_lanuginosa)''
Manduca lefeburii bossardi MHNT CUT 2010 0 110 Nuevo Xcán Quintana Roo Mexico.jpg|''[Manduca lefeburii](/source/Manduca_lefeburii)''
Manduca leucospila MHNT CUT 2010 0 463 - Maripasoula Guyane française - Male.jpg|''[Manduca leucospila](/source/Manduca_leucospila)''
Manduca lichenea MHNT CUT 2010 0 351 Alto Quiel, Boquete Chiriqui Panama, female.jpg|''[Manduca lichenea](/source/Manduca_lichenea)''
Manduca lucetius MHNT CUT 2010 0 12 Itatiaia National Park Brasil.jpg|''[Manduca lucetius](/source/Manduca_lucetius)''
Manduca manducoides MHNT CUT 2010 0 453 Rio Verde, Matto Grosso, Brésil female.jpg|''[Manduca manducoides](/source/Manduca_manducoides)''
Manduca morelia MHNT CUT 2010 0 105 Tecpan Chimaltenango male.jpg|''[Manduca morelia](/source/Manduca_morelia)''
Manduca muscosa MHNT CUT 2010 0 115 Candelaria Loxicha Oaxaxca female.jpg|''[Manduca muscosa](/source/Manduca_muscosa)'' 
Manduca occulta MHNT CUT 2010 452, Cartago Tapanti Costa Rica, female.jpg|''[Manduca occulta](/source/Manduca_occulta)''
Manduca ochus MHNT CUT 2010 0 111 Nuevo Xcán Quintana Roo female.jpg|''[Manduca ochus](/source/Manduca_ochus)''
Manduca pellenia sjh.JPG|''[Manduca pellenia](/source/Manduca_pellenia)''
Manduca perplexa MHNT CUT 2010 0 459 Guyane Française RN2 KM40 Coll. Haxaire - Male.jpg|''[Manduca perplexa](/source/Manduca_perplexa)''
Manduca prestoni MHNT CUT 2010 0 106 Pimenta Bueno Rondônia male.jpg|''[Manduca prestoni](/source/Manduca_prestoni)''
Manduca quinquemaculata MHNT CUT 2010 0 116 Sorel-Tracy Quebec Canada female.jpg|''[Manduca quinquemaculata](/source/Manduca_quinquemaculata)''
Manduca reducta MHNT CUT 2010 0 408 Limbo Chapare Cochabamba Bolivia, female.jpg|''[Manduca reducta](/source/Manduca_reducta)''
Manduca rustica MHNT CUT 2010 0 68 Palenque Mexico Male.jpg|''[Manduca rustica](/source/Manduca_rustica)''
Manduca scutata MHNT CUT 2010 0 454 Chiriquí Province Panama - Female.jpg|''[Manduca scutata](/source/Manduca_scutata)'' 
Manduca sesquiplex MHNT CUT 2010 0 115 Mexico male.jpg|''[Manduca sesquiplex](/source/Manduca_sesquiplex)''
Manduca sexta MHNT CUT 2010 0 104 Caranavi, La Paz Bolivia male.jpg|''[Manduca sexta](/source/Manduca_sexta)''
Manduca stuarti MHNT CUT 2010 0 460 Cochabamba Bolivia - Female.jpg|''[Manduca stuarti](/source/Manduca_stuarti)''
Manduca trimacula MHNT CUT 2010 0 460 - Tingo Maria Peru - Male.jpg|''[Manduca trimacula](/source/Manduca_trimacula)''
Manduca tucumana MHNT CUT 2010 0 111 Villa Nougues Tucuman Argentina male.jpg|''[Manduca tucumana](/source/Manduca_tucumana)''
Manduca vestalis MHNT CUT 2010 0 116 French Guiana Piste de Kaw PK37 male.jpg|''[Manduca vestalis](/source/Manduca_vestalis)''
Manduca violaalba MHNT CUT 2010 0 453 Santa Maria, Federal District Brazil female.jpg|''[Manduca violaalba](/source/Manduca_violaalba)'' 
Manduca wellingi MHNT CUT 2010 0 105 Nuevo Xcán Quintana Roo male.jpg|''[Manduca wellingi](/source/Manduca_wellingi)''
</gallery>

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

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