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Noun: Manduca quinquemaculata
  1. Moth whose larvae are tomato hornworms
     
  2. Large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants; similar to tobacco hornworm
    - tomato hornworm, potato worm

Type of: caterpillar, hawk moth, hawkmoth, hummingbird moth, sphingid, sphinx moth

Part of: genus Manduca, Manduca

Encyclopedia: Manduca quinquemaculata