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tobacco hornworm

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tobacco hornworm
n.
The destructive larva of a hawk moth (Manduca sexta) of the southern United States and the West Indies that feeds on the leaves of tobacco plants. Also called tobacco worm.
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Noun1.tobacco hornworm - large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plantstobacco hornworm - large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm
Manduca sexta, tomato worm
genus Manduca, Manduca - moths whose larvae are tobacco hornworms or tomato hornworms
caterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
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Scientists trained tobacco hornworm caterpillars in the lab to avoid a nail polish-like odour delivered in association with a mild shock.
Adult moths retain 'caterpillar memories' by The Week (Muscat, Oman)
The team put tobacco hornworm caterpillars (Manduca sexta) in the stalk of a Y-shaped tube with one arm that contained a smelly, ephemeral gas.
Moths' memories by Ehrenberg, Rachel / Science News
Researchers have found a compound in potatoes and tomatoes that turns tobacco hornworm caterpillars into addicts.
Caterpillars die rather than switch by S.M. / Science News
 
 
 
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