| Manduca | |
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| Five-spotted Hawkmoth Manduca quinquemaculata Caterpillar: tomato hornworm |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphinginae |
| Genus: | Manduca Hübner, 1807 |
| Species | |
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About 70, see text |
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Manduca is a moth genus of the Sphingidae (hawkmoth) family. The Carolina Sphinx (Manduca sexta) is often used in biological research.