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SpeciesLepidopteraSphingidae
Arthropods

🦋Manduca sexta

Manduca sexta Linnaeus, 1763

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 Insectorum.

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Also called
Carolina sphinx, Tobacco hornworm
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classInsecta
  4. ›orderLepidoptera
  5. ›familySphingidae
  6. ›genusManduca
  7. ›speciesManduca sexta
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  1. classInsects · Insecta
  2. orderButterflies & moths · Lepidoptera
  3. familySphingidae
  4. subfamilySphinginae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumHexapoda
  4. classInsects · Insecta
  5. subclassPterygota
  6. superorderAmphiesmenoptera
  7. orderButterflies & moths · Lepidoptera
  8. suborderGlossata
  9. superfamilyBombycoidea
  10. familySphingidae
  11. subfamilySphinginae
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Tabakschwärmer (de), Sphinx du tabac (fr), タバコスズメガ (ja), tobakksvermer (nb), Manduca sexta (vi), Manduca sexta (pt) … and 13 more languages
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