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Tobacco Hornworm Moth

 

Other Name(s): Tobacco Fly, Carolina Sphinx Moth, Six-Spotted Sphinx Moth

Characteristics: The name of this moth likely comes from its appearance as a caterpillar. The green body has black and white diagonal stripes running along its back with an eyespot at the end of each stripe. At the tip of the caterpillar is a reddish-brown horn-like projection. Caterpillars eat tobacco, potato and tomato plants.

Adults are called 'tobacco flies' though they are not flies.


General Adult Size (Length):
90mm to 115mm (3.54in to 4.53in)

Identifying Colors: black; gray; brown; white

North American reach includes (may not be limited to): Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas

Category: Butterfly or Moth
Common Name: Tobacco Hornworm Moth
Scientific Name: (Manduca sexta)

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum
: Arthropoda
   Class:
Insecta
    Order
: Lepidoptera
     Family: Sphingidae
      Genus: Manduca
       Species: sexta


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Courtesy of Lee B. from Long Grove, CA

     

 

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