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Updated as per http://biological-diversity.info/sphingidae.htm (Belize), November 2007 Updated as per The Known Sphingidae of Costa Rica, November 2007 Updated as per personal communication with Donna Marie Kisslan, (Port St. Lucie, St. Lucie County, Florida, October 8, 2009), October 2009 Updated as per More, Kitching and Cocucci's Hawkmoths of Argentina 2005, December 2009 Updated as per AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE SPHINGIDAE OF BOLIVIA, December 2009 Updated as per Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) de Venezuela, Compilado por: María Esperanza Chacín; December 2009 Updated as per personal communication with Ezequiel Nunez Bustos (Osununu Private Reserve, Misiones, Argentina, November 24, 2009); December 2009 Updated as per personal communication with Evan Rand, (Santa Cruz County, Arizona, August 7, 2010); September 2010 Updated as per personal communication with Gregory Nielsen (Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia, April 17, 2011, 500m); April 21, 2011 Updated as per French Guiana Systematics: Sphingidae; May 13, 2011 Updated as per CATE Sphingidae (Ecuador, Peru, Dominican Republic, Paraguay); May 13, 2011 Updated as per personal communication with Johan van't Bosch (Stoelmanseiland, Sipaliwini District, Suriname, July 22, 2011); November 21, 2012 Updated as per "A Hawk Moths fauna of southern Maranhão state, Brazil, ... "; NEVA: Jahrgang 34 Heft 3 November 2013; via Jean Haxaire; April 5, 2014 Updated as per personal communication with Jennifer Rush (larva on frangipani, Broward County, Florida, May 24, 2014): May 27, 2014 Updated as per personal communication with Sergio D. Ríos Díaz in CATÁLOGO DE LOS SPHINGIDAE (INSECTA: LEPIDOPTERA) DEPOSITADOS EN EL MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL DEL PARAGUAY; sent to me in July 2014 by Sergio D. Ríos Díaz. Updated as per personal communication with Joanna Rodriguez Ramirez (Entre Rios; Argentina), January 21, 2015 Updated as per personal communication with Bedros Orchanian (Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico); January 27, 2015 Updated as per personal communication with Ezequiel Bustos (Shilap revta. lepid. 43 (172) diciembre, 2015, 615-631 eISSN 2340-4078 ISSN 0300-5267), January 4, 2016 |
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TAXONOMY:
Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 |
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I suspect it also flies in Guyana, Suriname: Sipaliwini District: Stoelmanseiland (JvB), Dominican Republic: St. Dom, and throughout Central America.
Erinnyis alope, Jct FR 49 and FR 812, Patagonia Mtns., Santa Cruz Co., AZ,
August 7, 2010, 5100 ft, courtesy of Evan Rand.
Erinnyis alope, Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico,
courtesy of Bedros Orchanian.
Jamaica: is the specimen type locality; Westmoreland Parish.
Erinnyis alope, Osununu, Misiones, Argentina,
November 24, 2009, courtesy of Ezequiel Núñez Bustos.
Erinnyis alope, Stoelmanseiland, Sipaliwini District, Suriname,
July 22, 2011, courtesy of Johan van't Bosch, id by Bill Oehlke.
It is somewhat similar to Isognathus species, but ello has a double thoracic crest (single in Isognathus) and very dark brown (sometimes almost black) upperside to the head, thorax and forewings.
Erinnyis alope, Port St. Lucie, St. Lucie County, Florida, October 8, 2009, courtesy of Donna Marie Kisslan.
Erinnyis alope, Port St. Lucie, St. Lucie County, Florida, October 8, 2009, courtesy of Donna Marie Kisslan.
Adults nectar at flowers and have been reported hovering over flowers of Asystasia gangetica at dusk.
Erinnyis alope, Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia,
Km 13 via Acacias; 04°03’55.0 N 073°41’87.0 W, FWL = 50 mm
Wingspan 115 mm;
April 17, 2011, 500m, courtesy of Gregory Nielsen.
Erinnyis alope fifth instar on frangipani, Broward County, Florida,
May 24, 2014, courtesy of Jennifer Rush.
Erinnyis alope fifth instar, heavily parasitized, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
courtesy of Larry Valentine, tentative id by Bill Oehlke
Erinnyis alope fifth instar, heavily parasitized, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
courtesy of Larry Valentine, tentative id by Bill Oehlke
Visit Erinnyis alope, larva on Mandioca sylvestre, pupa, and adult, Dos de Mayo, Misiones, Argentina, courtesy of Reinhard Foerster.
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