Manduca sexta sexta
man-DOO-kuhmm SEX-tuh
Butler, 1877
The Carolina Sphinx

Manduca sexta Rehobeth, Houston County, Alabama,
eating habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense), September 9, 2008, courtesy of Joel Szymczyk.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, [1802] Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802 Genus: Manduca Hubner, 1807 ........... Species: sexta sexta Butler, 1877

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