Classification > Family
Sphingidae
> Subfamily
Macroglossinae
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Dilophonotini
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Dilophonotina
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Erinnyis
Erinnyis ello (Linnaeus, 1758)
Erinnyis ello drinking nectar from Glandularia platensis (Verbenaceae). Photo: Federico Sazatornil.
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires
- Catamarca
- Chaco
- Córdoba
- Corrientes
- Formosa
- Jujuy
- Misiones
- Salta
- Tucumán
- Uruguay
Other distribution
- Erinnyis cinifera Zikán, 1934
- Sphinx ello Linnaeus, 1758
- Erinnyis ello f. omorfia Mooser, 1942
- Erinnyis ello encantada Kernbach, 1962
The subspecies Erinnyis ello ello is present in Argentina.
Caterpillar host plants: Apocynaceae, Caricaceae, Chrysobalanaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Malvaceae, Moraceae, Myrtaceae, Sapotaceae, Solanaceae.
Nectar plants: Plumbago scandens (Plumbaginaceae), Nicotiana otophora (Solanaceae), Glandularia platensis (Verbenaceae).
Nectar plants: Plumbago scandens (Plumbaginaceae), Nicotiana otophora (Solanaceae), Glandularia platensis (Verbenaceae).
- MORÉ M, KITCHING IJ, COCUCCI AA. 2005. Sphingidae: Esfíngidos de Argentina, Hawkmoths of Argentina. Colin Sharp (editor). Literature of Latin America (LOLA), Buenos Aires. 166 pp.).
- BENTANCUR-VIGLIONE MG. 2010. Lista de Sphingidae del Uruguay (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, 38: 305-309.
- ROBINSON GS, ACKERY PR, KITCHING IJ, BECCALONI GW & HERNÁNDEZ LM . 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosts. (Accessed: 3 March.2021).
- JANZEN DH. 2021. Caterpillars, pupae, butterflies & moths. Área de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG), northwestern Costa Rica. http://janzen.sas.penn.upenn.edu./index.html/, [22 March 2021]
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