Erinnyis ello
Ello Sphinx Moth

Erinnyis ello ex-pupa male, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
courtesy of Larry Valentine, id by Bill Oehlke.

Erinnyis ello fifth instar, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
November 21, 2008, courtesy of Larry Valentine, id by Bill Oehlke.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839
Tribe: Dilophonotini, Burmeister, 1878
Genus: Erinnyis Hubner, [1819] ...........
Species: ello Linnaeus, 1758

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Erinnyis ello fifth instar, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
November 21, 2008, courtesy of Larry Valentine, id by Bill Oehlke.

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