Tomato hornworm and the Tobacco hornworm are close relatives.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manduca_sexta
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manduca_sexta
Nicotine wash was commonly and effectively used as a pesticide before the push for all the high toxicity junk that big pharma etc started pushing in the 70's onwards.
You might want to resurch Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue Feb 2013.