ERINNYIS ELLO ENCANTADA

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839
Tribe: Dilophonotini, Burmeister, 1878
Genus: Erinnyis Hubner, [1819] ...........
Species: ello encantada Kernbach, 1962

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DISTRIBUTION:

Erinnyis ello encantada (Wing span: ), flies on the Galapagos Islands, the specimen type locality.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Erinnyis ello encantada probably broods continuously in the tropics.

Adults nectar at flowers.

ECLOSION:

Adults eclose from pupae formed in loose cocoons spun among surface litter.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

Larvae feed on Hippomane mancinella, Psidium guajaba, and Chamaesyce viminia .

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