Manduca quinquemaculata was created in 1803.
The scientific name for a tomato hornworm is Manduca quinquemaculata.
Manduca quinquemaculata
'Tomato hornworm' is the common name for 'Manduca quinquemaculata'. The term includes the insect's stages as a caterpillar and as the five-spotted hawkmoth. In fact, the term 'quinquemaculata' refers to the five characteristic spots on the moth's abdomen. It's a way of differentiating it from the otherwise almost identical adult stage of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta.
The accepted scientific name is Manduca quinquemaculata.
Anthomyia quinquemaculata was created in 1839.
Manduca sexta was created in 1763.
Manduca albolineata was created in 1935.
Manduca blackburni was created in 1880.
Manduca albiplaga was created in 1856.
Manduca afflicta was created in 1865.
Manduca brontes was created in 1773.
A tomato hornworm is a green creature. It is the destructive larva of a North American hawk moth (Manduca quinquemaculata) that travels in pairs of 3.