Erinnyis_ello

<i>Erinnyis ello</i>

Erinnyis ello

Species of moth

Erinnyis ello, the ello sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is distributed from Argentina through Central America to the United States as far north as Nevada.

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The ello sphinx can be parasitized by the braconid wasp Microplitis figueresi.[2]

  • Erinnyis ello ♀
  • Erinnyis ello ♀ △

Subspecies


  • Erinnyis ello encantada ♂
  • Erinnyis ello encantada ♂ △
  • Erinnyis ello encantada ♀
  • Erinnyis ello encantada ♀△

References

  1. [1]
    "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  2. [2]
    Janzen, D. H.; Walker, A. K.; Whitfield, J. B.; Delvare, G.; Gauld, I. D. (April 2003). "Host-specificity and hyperparasitoids of three new Costa Rican species of Microplitis Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), parasitoids of sphingid caterpillars" (PDF). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 12 (1): 51–72. ISSN 1070-9428. OCLC 815681518. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2018.


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