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Enyo lugubris

Mournful Sphinx Moth


Enyo lugubris

Esfinge Lúgubre

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

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Enyo lugubris, the mournful sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Argentina and Paraguay to Uruguay, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and the West Indies through Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama to Mexico and the United States, where it has been recorded from Arizona east to Florida and north to South Carolina. Strays have been recorded from Arkansas, north to Illinois, Michigan and New York.

The wingspan is 50–60 mm.

Adults are on wing year-round in the tropics (including southern Florida and Louisiana). Further north, they are on wing from August to November.

The larvae probably feed on Vitus tiliifolia and other Vitaceae species, such as Vitis, Cissus and Ampelopsis. In Florida larvae have been reported on Cissus sicyoides and Ampelopsis arborea.

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





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Count: 4

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Photography ID: 671287
  Adult

Alto Vera
Itapúa
Paraguay
01/25/2026
Guillermo Menéndez
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Photography ID: 534591
  Adult

Duque de Caxias
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
05/08/2023
Clelio Correa De Paula
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Photography ID: 440437
  Adult

Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
04/11/2021
Braian Redmond


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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
242799325/01/2026ParaguayItapúaReserva San Rafael, Alto VeraGuillermo Menéndez
176326008/05/2023BrazilRio de JaneiroXerem, Duque de CaxiasClelio Correa De Paula
164020723/08/2022ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada San Sebastián de la SelvaEduardo Nadal
139305511/04/2021ArgentinaMisionesPuerto Iguazu, Puerto IguazúBraian Redmond
24035112/02/2015ArgentinaEntre RíosBarrio Centro, ChajaríCarlos M. Grassini
20980415/12/2014ArgentinaEntre RíosBarrio Centro, ChajaríCarlos M. Grassini
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Mournful Sphinx Moth (Enyo lugubris) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 24/09/2026.