Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun manduca_quinquemaculata

2 senses of manduca quinquemaculata

Sense 1
tomato hornworm, potato worm, Manduca quinquemaculata -- (large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants; similar to tobacco hornworm)
       => caterpillar -- (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)

Sense 2
Manduca quinquemaculata -- (moth whose larvae are tomato hornworms)
       => hawkmoth, hawk moth, sphingid, sphinx moth, hummingbird moth -- (any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed)