TOBACCO HORNWORM Definition & Meaning

tobacco hornworm

noun

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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Origin of tobacco hornworm¹

First recorded in 1730–40

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Encouraging results have been obtained with the Hessian fly and the tobacco hornworm.

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It works like this: when tobacco hornworm caterpillars start munching on the plant, their saliva interacts with the G.L.V.’s, causing a chemical change to the G.L.V. compounds.

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Shaped something like an accordion, the tobacco hornworm caterpillar moves one segment at a time.

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And what it unquestionably shows is the caterpillar in the children’s book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” is not a tobacco hornworm.

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