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Genus Manduca

is this a tomato bug? - Manduca rustica Tobacco Hornworm (parasitized) - Manduca sexta chrysilis? - Manduca What kind of Sphinx Moth caterpillar is this? - Manduca rustica Carolina Sphinx larva - Manduca sexta parasitized hornworms - Manduca sexta Carolina Sphinx - Manduca sexta Huge Caterpillar - Manduca rustica
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Bombycoidea
Family Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)
Subfamily Sphinginae
Tribe Sphingini
Genus Manduca
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 9 April, 2004 - 4:27pm

comments for guide--Manduca
I'm trying to figure out what I might be looking at under lights here in NC, so am doing a bit of research.

NCSU Entomology:
http://inventory.ent.ncsu.edu/tree/dsp_species.cfm?genusName=Manduca
lists the following specimens for North Carolina, with number pinned:
jasminearum--Ash Sphinx (8), quinquemaculata--Five-spotted hawkmoth (56), rustica--Rustic Sphinx (30), sexta--Carolina Sphinx (113).

Nearctica.com:
http://www.nearctica.com/nomina/lepid/lepr-z.htm#anchor442352
lists 9 North American species in genus.
Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 12 June, 2004 - 10:46pm

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