Manduca sexta is a moth of the family Sphingidae present through much of the Americas. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 Centuria...

closely related to (and sometimes confused with) the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta. This confusion arises because caterpillars of both species have similar...

scutata Manduca sesquiplex Manduca sexta - Carolina sphinx, tobacco hornworm Manduca stuarti Manduca trimacula Manduca tucumana Manduca undata Manduca vestalis...

Cephonodes, Macroglossum, Hippotion and Theretra. In studies with Manduca sexta, moths have dynamic flight sensory capabilities due to their antennae...

moth) (Manduca blackburni) Tobacco hornworm or Goliath worm (as a caterpillar), tobacco hawkmoth or Carolina sphinx moth (as a moth) (Manduca sexta) Tomato...

formation of acetyl-CoA. The enzymes of this pathway were first studied in Manduca sexta, which produces both homoisoprenoid and isoprenoid (JHIII) JHs. Very...

it. Adult wasps lay their eggs in tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) and tomato hornworm (Manduca quinquemaculata) larvae in their 2nd or 3rd instar (each...

Biological pest control: parasitoid wasp (Cotesia congregata) adult with pupal cocoons on its host, a tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta (green background)...

of the Synanthedon rileyana moth and the Manduca sexta (tobacco hornworm) moth feed on the plant. Manduca sexta moths prefer inbred plants to outbred plants...

EA Bernays (2000). "How do inositol and glucose modulate feeding in Manduca sexta caterpillars?". Journal of Experimental Biology. 203 (8): 1299–315....

described the escape responses of the tobacco hornworm caterpillar (Manduca sexta) to mechanical stimulation. These responses, particularly their plasticity...

two hawkmoth species known as the tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) and tomato hornworm (Manduca quinquemaculata). When these worms eat trichomes on the...

reaction. Specialist insects on tobacco, such as the tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta), have a number of adaptations to the detoxification and even adaptive...

source. Some species also use a combination of sources and moths such as Manduca sexta use carbohydrates for pre-flight warm-up. Insects use sensory feedback...

lab, short generation time, indetermined growth, complex behaviour Manduca sexta (Tobacco hornworm), the large caterpillars are an excellent model organism...

transport and metabolism during the fifth instar of the tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta)". J. Exp. Zool. 280 (2): 135–141. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(1998...

larval pupa Sarcophaga argyrostoma Flesh fly mid to late larval pupa Manduca sexta Tobacco hornworm late embryonic (egg) to late larval pupa Leptinotarsa...

Mythimna separata (Oriental armyworm) and the paralytic peptides from Manduca sexta (tobacco hawkmoth), Heliothis virescens (noctuid moth), and Spodoptera...

several other members of the genus Manduca, but whiter than any other species in the genus with the exception of Manduca sexta leucoptera. The forewing underside...

first discovered in immune-challenged pupae of Hyalophora cecropia and Manduca sexta. Hemolin has a horseshoe crystal structure with four domains and resembles...

of debate with a decamer being postulated for the tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) V-ATPase. The mammalian Vo domain contains tissue-specific isoforms...

congregata) adult with pupal cocoons on its host, a tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta, green background), an example of a hymenopteran biological control...

hydrolase (JHEH) and juvenile hormone diol phosphotransferase (JHDPT) from Manduca sexta Malpighian tubules. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 30, 255-270 ), although...

circumstances insects are living in. According to research from 2008, adult Manduca sexta is able to retain behavior learned as a caterpillar. Another caterpillar...

system uses low Reynolds number wings similar to those of the hawk moth (Manduca sexta), but flaps them in a non-traditional "opposed x-wing fashion" while...

serves in terms of enhanced reproductive success. Male sphinx moths, Manduca sexta, rely on female released sex-pheromones to guide typical zig-zagging...

electrogenic K + transport system: The posterior midgut of tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) in vivo and in vitro". The Journal of Membrane Biology. 77 (3): 223–241...

Leger, R.J., and Roberts, D.W. 1997. Induction of Novel Proteins in Manduca sexta and Blaberus gigantus as a Response to Fungal Challenge. Journal of...

When field tested they showed resistance to the tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta), tomato fruitworm (Heliothis zea), the tomato pinworm (Keiferia lycopersicella)...

Blossey B., Lal A. (2006) Surgically Implanted Micro-Platforms in Manduca-Sexta, 2006 Solid State Sensor and Actuator Workshop, Hilton Head Island,...