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Erinnyis ello

Erinnyis ello


Family: Sphingidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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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.

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

Source: Wikipedia, article Erinnyis ello. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 15/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
229830210/05/2025ArgentinaCorrientesColonia Carlos PellegriniAluminé Sangorrín
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Erinnyis ello – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 17/09/2026.