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Ello Sphinx
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Butterflies & moths

Ello Sphinx

Erinnyis ello Linnaeus, 1758

Names

EnglishEllo Sphinx
Dutch—
SpanishGusano cachudo de la yuca
Chinese—
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameErinnyis ello Linnaeus, 1758

About this species

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.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilySphingidae
GenusErinnyis

In Suriname

13Records in Suriname
6iNaturalist observations
1955First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo4
  • Sipaliwini3
  • Brokopondo2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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