Keywords
hawkmoth
sphinx moth
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Abstract
The tomato hornworm, Manduca quinquemaculata (Haworth), is a common garden pest that feeds on plants in the Solanaceae (nightshade) family including tomato, peppers, eggplant, and potato.
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1206
Also available on the Featured Creatures website at:
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/field/hornworm.htm
References
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Cranshaw W. 2004. "Hornworms/Sphinx moths." Garden Insects of North America: The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400866786
Kessler A, Baldwin IT. 2002. "Manduca quinquemaculata's optimization of intra-plant oviposition to predation, food quality, and thermal constraints." Ecology 83: 2346-2354. https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2346:MQSOOI]2.0.CO;2
Lotts K, Naberhaus T. (2017). "Five-spotted hawkmoth, Manduca quinquemaculata (Haworth 1803)." Butterflies and Moths of North America. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ (1 October 2017)
Wold-Burkness S, Hahn J. (2017). Tomato hornworms in home gardens. University of Minnesota Extension. (1 October 2017)