DNA study shows hornworm pests have Central American origins – Research News https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/dna-study-shows-hornworm-pests-have-central-american-origins/
Florida Museum of Natural History researchers have co-authored the first comprehensive study on the evolution of two agricultural pests commonly used as model organisms. Tobacco and tomato hornworms are among the largest caterpillars, able to individually devastate an entire plant if left unc
quinquemaculatus, are widespread hawkmoths occurring as far north as New York and west