tobacco hornworm

tobacco hornworm

n. The green caterpillar of a hawkmoth (Manduca sexta) of the southern United States, Central and South America, and the West Indies that feeds on the leaves of solanaceous plants, especially tobacco and tomato.

tobac′co horn′worm

n. the larva of a hawk moth, Manduca sexta, having a hornlike structure at its posterior end and feeding on the leaves of tobacco and other plants of the nightshade family.

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tobacco hornworm - large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornwormManduca sexta, tomato wormgenus Manduca, Manduca - moths whose larvae are tobacco hornworms or tomato hornwormscaterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth