"Manduca sexta" sunan kimiyya ne ga nau'in asu da aka fi sani da ƙahon taba. Wani nau'i ne na katapillar da ake samun sau da yawa yana ciyar da ganyen tsire-tsire na taba da sauran tsire-tsire a cikin dangin dare. Sunan "Manduca" ya fito ne daga kalmar Latin don "mai cin abinci" ko "mai cin rai," wanda shine bayanin da ya dace game da dabi'un ciyarwa na waɗannan caterpillars. Sunan "sexta" yana nufin gaskiyar cewa wannan nau'in yana cikin rukunin "Sexta" na asu, wanda ya haɗa da wasu nau'o'in caterpillars da dama waɗanda kuma aka sani da sha'awar ci.