Noun: Manduca sexta
- Large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm
- tobacco hornworm, tomato worm
- Moth whose larvae are tobacco hornworms
Type of: caterpillar, hawk moth, hawkmoth, hummingbird moth, sphingid, sphinx moth
Part of: genus Manduca, Manduca
Encyclopedia: Manduca sexta