Manduca quinquemaculata

Definitions of Manduca quinquemaculata
  1. noun
    large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants; similar to tobacco hornworm
    synonyms: potato worm, tomato hornworm
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    type of:
    caterpillar
    a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
  2. noun
    moth whose larvae are tomato hornworms
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    type of:
    hawk moth, hawkmoth, hummingbird moth, sphingid, sphinx moth
    any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed
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