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Manduca quinquemaculata

Known as: Manduca cinquemaculata, five-spotted hawkmoth 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2019
Highly Cited
2019
Mutagenesis of odorant coreceptor Orco fully disrupts foraging but not oviposition behaviors in the hawkmoth Manduca sexta
Significance Insects detect plant volatiles mainly through the expression of odorant receptors (ORs) and ionotropic receptors… 
Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Beyond neutral and forbidden links: morphological matches and the assembly of mutualistic hawkmoth-plant networks.
A major challenge in evolutionary ecology is to understand how co-evolutionary processes shape patterns of interactions between… 
2015
2015
Natural selection on floral morphology can be influenced by climate
Climate has the potential to influence evolution, but how it influences the strength or direction of natural selection is largely… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Antennae in the hawkmoth Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) mediate abdominal flexion in response to mechanical stimuli
Flying insects rely on the integration of feedback signals from multiple sensory modalities. Thus, in addition to the visual… 
2010
2010
Look and touch: multimodal sensory control of flower inspection movements in the nocturnal hawkmoth Manduca sexta
SUMMARY A crucial stage in the interaction between pollinators and plants is the moment of physical contact between them, known… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Effects of Habitat Disturbance can be Subtle Yet Significant: Biodiversity of Hawkmoth-Assemblages (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in Southeast-Asia
Sphingid biodiversity was compared in a large number of light-trapping samples on Borneo and elsewhere in the Indo-Australian… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Colour constancy in diurnal and nocturnal hawkmoths
SUMMARY Diurnal and nocturnal hawkmoths have been shown to use colour vision for flower discrimination. Here, we present evidence… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Pollinator–mediated selection on flower–tube length in a hawkmoth–pollinated Gladiolus (Iridaceae)
Darwin's mechanistic model whereby selection favours plants with flower tubes that exceed the tongue length of the primary… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Fuel use in flight and its dependence on nectar feeding in the hawkmoth Amphion floridensis.
Fuel use varies widely among insects; however, the potential determinants of variation in fuel use have not been explored… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Spatio-temporal properties of motion detectors matched to low image velocities in hovering insects
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