Classification > Family
Sphingidae
> Subfamily
Macroglossinae
> Tribe
Dilophonotini
> Subtribe
Dilophonotina
> Genus
Erinnyis
Erinnyis alope (Drury, 1773)
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
- Argentina
- Córdoba
- Jujuy
- Misiones
- Salta
- Tucumán
- Uruguay
Other distribution
- Anceryx edwardsii Butler, 1881
- Sphinx alope Drury, 1773
- Sphinx fasciata Swainson, 1823
- Sphinx flavicans Goeze, 1780
The subspecies Erinnyis alope alope is present in Argentina. Caterpillars can cause damage to the papaya crop (Carica papaya) and cassava (Manihot esculenta).
Caterpillar host plants: Apocynaceae, Caricaceae, Euphorbiaceae.
- 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]
- KITCHING IJ. 2021. Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory, http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/, [3 March 2021].
