Biology:Erinnyis ello

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Short description: Species of moth

Ello sphinx
Erinnyis ello ello MHNT CUT 2010 0 525 Itatiaia National Park Brazil - male dorsal.jpg
Male - MHNT
Erinnyis ello ello MHNT CUT 2010 0 525 Itatiaia National Park Brazil - male ventral.jpg
Male underside - MHNT
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Erinnyis
Species:
E. ello
Binomial name
Erinnyis ello
Synonyms
  • Sphinx ello Linnaeus, 1758
  • Erinnyis cinifera Zikán, 1934
  • Erinnyis ello omorfia (Mooser, 1942)

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.

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

Subspecies


References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1937186 entry