Manduca

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Sphinginae
Tribus: Sphingini
Genus: Manduca
Species: M. afflicta – M. albiplaga – M. albolineata – M. andicola – M. armatipes – M. azteca – M. barnesi – M. bergarmatipes – M. berni – M. blackburni – M. boliviana – M. brasiliensis – M. brontes – M. brunalba – M. camposi – M. caribbeus – M. chinchilla – M. clarki – M. contracta – M. corallina – M. corumbensis – M. dalica – M. diffissa – M. dilucida – M. duquefi – M. empusa – M. extrema – M. feronia – M. florestan – M. fosteri – M. franciscae – M. gloriosa – M. gueneei – M. hannibal – M. herbini – M. huascara – M. incisa – M. janira – M. jasminearum – M. johanni – M. jordani – M. kuschei – M. lamasi – M. lanuginosa – M. lefeburei – M. leucospila – M. lichenea – M. lucetius – M. manducoides – M. morelia – M. mossi – M. muscosa – M. neglecta – M. occulta – M. ochus – M. pellenia – M. prestoni – M. quinquemaculata – M. reducta – M. rustica – M. schausi – M. scutata – M. sesquiplex – M. sexta – M. stuarti – M. trimacula – M. tucumana – M. undata – M. vestalis – M. violaalba – M. wellingi – M. ziva
Name

Manduca Hübner, 1807

Type species: Sphinx carolina Linnaeus, 1763
Synonyms

Phlegethontius Hübner, [1819]
Protoparce Burmeister, 1856
Macrosila Walker, 1856
Diludia Grote & Robinson, 1865
Syzygia Grote & Robinson, 1865
Chlaenogramma Smith, 1887

References

Brechlin, R. & Haxaire, J. 2014a: Manduca afflicta hispaniolana n. ssp., a new hawkmoth from Hispaniola (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Entomo-Satsphingia, 7(2): 69–71. Reference page.
Brou, V.A. 1984. A new hawkmoth from Quintana Roo, Mexico. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 38(2): 96–101. Reference page.
Eitschberger, U. & Haxaire, J. 2007. Zwei neue Arten der Gattung Manduca Hübner, |1807| (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Neue entomologische nachrichten 60: 175–180. Full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.
Kitching & Cadiou, 2000: Hawkmoths of the World; An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae).
Haxaire, J. 2013. Description de cinq nouveaux Sphingidae néotropicaux et asiatiques (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) et notes sur Nyceryx riscus (Schaus, 1890). The European Entomologist 5(2): 25–43. Reference page.

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.[1] The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1807.
Species

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, tobacco hornworm
Manduca stuarti
Manduca trimacula
Manduca tucumana
Manduca undata
Manduca vestalis
Manduca violaalba
Manduca wellingi

References

Kawahara, A. Y., et al. (2013). Evolution of Manduca sexta hornworms and relatives: Biogeographical analysis reveals an ancestral center of diversification in Central America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, in press.