kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Arthropoda >
class: Insecta >
order: Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 >
superfamily: Bombycoidea >
family: Sphingidae >
subfamily: Sphinginae >
tribe: Sphingini >
genus: Manduca Hübner, 1807 >
species: Manduca sexta Linnaeus, 1763 >