Erinnyis ello

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.

Ello sphinx
Male - MHNT
Male underside - MHNT
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Erinnyis
Species:	E. ello
Binomial name
Erinnyis ello (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
Sphinx ello Linnaeus, 1758 Erinnyis cinifera Zikán, 1934 Erinnyis ello omorfia (Mooser, 1942)

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

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  Erinnyis ello ♀
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  Erinnyis ello ♀ △

Subspecies

• Erinnyis ello ello (Americas)
• Erinnyis ello encantada Kernbach, 1962 (Galápagos Islands)

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

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
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.

External links

• Ello Sphinx. Moths of America.