NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Sphingini
  Subfamily - Sphinginae
  Family - Sphingidae
  Superfamily - Bombycoidea
  Order - Lepidoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Manduca albiplaga
      Species - Manduca blackburni
      Species - Manduca brontes
      Species - Manduca florestan
      Species - Manduca jasminearum
      Species - Manduca lanuginosa
      Species - Manduca muscosa
      Species - Manduca occulta
      Species - Manduca quinquemaculatus
      Species - Manduca rustica
      Species - Manduca sexta