Erinnyis alope (Drury, 1770)

Hodecek, Jiri & Haxaire, Jean, 2025, A revised and annotated checklist of the hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of the Dominican Republic, with new records and distribution maps of chosen species, Zootaxa 5701 (4), pp. 401-427 : 410

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.4.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5388A786-1E10-47A3-9ED3-FB8E19ED3855

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17325627

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CF1187EC-FFDB-140E-7788-56F5AC0EF86F

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Erinnyis alope (Drury, 1770)
status

 

Erinnyis alope (Drury, 1770) View in CoL

General distribution. Canada to Argentina including the West Indies.

Distribution in the DR. Widespread throughout the country.

Habitat. The species is common in all wooded environments, even in deep forests, up to 2000 m.

Host plants. The larva feeds on Euphorbiaceae , Caricaceae and Apocynaceae . It is often found on the papaya ( Carica papaya ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Sphingidae

Genus

Erinnyis

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