tomato hornworm

tomato hornworm

n. The green caterpillar of a North American hawkmoth (Manduca quinquemaculata) that feeds on the leaves of solanaceous plants, especially tomato and tobacco.

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tomato hornworm - large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants; similar to tobacco hornwormManduca quinquemaculata, potato wormcaterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth