''Erinnyis ello'', the ello sphinx, is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family

Sphingidae The Sphingidae are a family of moths commonly called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as hornworms. It includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, but species ar ...

. The species was first described by

Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. It is distributed from

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

through

Central America Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually ...

to the United States as far north as

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...

. The ello sphinx can be parasitized by the

braconid wasp The Braconidae are a family of parasitoid wasps. After the closely related Ichneumonidae, braconids make up the second-largest family in the order Hymenoptera, with about 17,000 recognized species and many thousands more undescribed. One analysis ...

'' Microplitis figueresi''. Erinnyis ello ello MHNT CUT 2010 0 525 Itatiaia National Park Brazil - female dorsal.jpg, ''Erinnyis ello'' ♀ Erinnyis ello ello MHNT CUT 2010 0 525 Itatiaia National Park Brazil - female ventral.jpg, ''Erinnyis ello'' ♀ △

Subspecies

*''Erinnyis ello ello'' (Americas) *''Erinnyis ello encantada'' Kernbach, 1962 (

Galápagos Islands The Galápagos Islands () are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific, located around the equator, west of the mainland of South America. They form the Galápagos Province of the Republic of Ecuador, with a population of sli ...

) Erinnyis ello encantada MHNT CUT 2010 0 525 - Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos, Ecuador - male dorsal.jpg, ''Erinnyis ello encantada'' ♂ Erinnyis ello encantada MHNT CUT 2010 0 525 - Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos, Ecuador - male ventral.jpg, ''Erinnyis ello encantada'' ♂ △ Erinnyis ello encantada MHNT CUT 2010 0 525 - Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos, Ecuador - female dorsal.jpg, ''Erinnyis ello encantada'' ♀ Erinnyis ello encantada MHNT CUT 2010 0 525 - Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos, Ecuador - female ventral.jpg, ''Erinnyis ello encantada'' ♀△

References

External links

Ello Sphinx.
Moths of America. Erinnyis Moths described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Moths of North America Sphingidae of South America Moths of South America {{Dilophonotini-stub