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Erinnyis Hübner, [1819]
Erinnyis Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (9): 139, TS: Sphinx ello
Dilophonota Burmeister, 1856; Abh. naturf. Ges. Halle 3: 69, TS: Sphinx ello
Anceryx Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 222, TS: Sphinx alope Drury
Anceryx Lucas, 1857; in Sagra, Hist. fis. pol. nat. Isla Cuba (2) 7 : 707, TS: Sphinx alope Drury
Anceryx ; Druce, 1881, in Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 18
Dilophonota ; Druce, 1881, in Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 18
Erinnyis (Macroglossinae) ; [MABL]
Erinnyis (Dilophonotina) ; [HMW, 18]

Erinnyis alope (Drury, [1770])
Argentina - Brazil - CA, Ecuador, Florida, Arizona. See [About maps] Papaya hornworm
Sphinx alope Drury, [1770]; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 1: 58, pl. 27, f. 1, TL: Jamaica
Sphinx flavicans Goeze, 1780; Ent. Beyträge 3 (2): 216, TL: Jamaica
Sphinx fasciata Swainson, 1823; Zool. Illustr. (1) 3: pl. 150, lower fig., TL: Jamaica?
Anceryx edwardsii Butler, 1881; Papilio 1: 105, TL: Indian River, Florida
Erinnyis alope, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Erinnyis alope, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Erinnyis alope, Lepidoptera of French Antilles [Pierre Zagatti]
Anceryx alope ; Godman & Salvin, 1881, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 18
Erinnyis alope ; [HMW]
Erinnyis alope alope ; [MABL]

Larva on Carica papaya, Jatropha, Allamanda [MNA21]

E. a. dispersa Kernbach, 1962
Erinnyis alope dispersa ; [HMW]

Erinnyis crameri (Schaus, 1898)
Florida, Texas, Arizona, CA, Venezuela, Ecuador. See [About maps] Dilophonota crameri Schaus, 1898; Ent. News. 9: 136, TL: Tropical America, Florida
Erinnyis crameri, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Erinnyis crameri, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Erinnyis crameri, Lepidoptera of French Antilles [Pierre Zagatti]
Erinnyis crameri ; [HMW]; [MABL]

Larva on Apocynaceae [MNA21]


Erinnyis domingonis (Butler, 1875)
Texas, Arizona, Venezuela. See [About maps] Dilophonota domingonis Butler, 1875; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 258, TL: Haiti
Dilophonota festa H. Edwards, 1882; Papilio 2: 11, TL: N.W. Texas
Erinnyis domingonis ; [HMW]

Erinnyis ello (Linnaeus, 1758)
SNA, Mexico, Ecuador. See [About maps] Cassava hornworm
Sphinx ello Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 491, TL: India [in error]
cinifera Zikán, 1934
omorfia Mooser, 1942
Erinnyis ello, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Erinnyis ello, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Erinnyis ello, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Erinnyis ello, Lepidoptera of French Antilles [Pierre Zagatti]
Anceryx ello ; Walker, 1856, List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 224
Dilophonota ello ; Godman & Salvin, 1881, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 19
Erinnyis ello ; [HMW]

Larva on Euphorbiaceae, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Psidum [MNA21]

Erinnyis ello ello ; [MABL]
E. e. encantada Kernbach, 1962
Erinnyis ello encantada ; [HMW]

Erinnyis guttularis (Walker, 1856)
Antilles, Florida?. See [About maps] Anceryx guttularis Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 227, TL: St. Domingo
Erinnyis guttularis ; [HMW]

Erinnyis impunctata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Venezuela. See [About maps] Erinnyis impunctata ; [HMW]

Erinnyis lassauxi (Boisduval, 1859)
Florida, Texas, Arizona, CA - Argentina, Ecuador. See [About maps] Anceryx lassauxi Boisduval, 1859; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1859: 157, TL: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Erinnyis merianae Grote, 1865; Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 5: 75, pl. 2, fig. 2, TL: Cuba
Anceryx omphaleae Boisduval, 1870; Considérations Lépid. Guatemala: 72, TL: Nicaragua
piperis (Schaufuss, 1870); (preocc.)
Anceryx janiphae Boisduval, [1875]; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spéc. gén. Lépid. Hétérocères) 1: 131, TL: Haiti
cercyon (Burmeister, 1878)
Erinnyis lassauxii, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Erinnyis lassauxii, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Erinnyis lassauxi, Lepidoptera of French Antilles [Pierre Zagatti]
Dilophonota omphaleae ; Godman & Salvin, 1881, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 19
Erinnyis lassauxii ; [HMW]
Erinnyis lassauxi ; [MABL]

Larva on Asclepiadaceae, Carica papaya [MNA21]


Erinnyis obscura (Fabricius, 1775)
SNA, CA, Mexico, Ecuador. See [About maps] Sphinx obscura Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 538, TL: America
rustica (Schaller, 1788)
Erinnyis stheno Geyer, [1829]; in Hübner, Samml. exot. Schmett. 3 : pl. [37], TL: Santa Cruz
Sphinx picta Sepp, [1848]; Surinaam. Vlinders 2 (24): 215 (1847), pl. 96, TL: Surinam
= ; [HMW]
Erinnyis cinerosa Grote & Robinson, 1865; Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 5: 168
Anceryx rhaebus Boisduval, 1870; Considérations Lépid. Guatemala: 72, TL: Honduras
jamaicensis Clark, 1935
Erinnyis obscura, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Erinnyis obscura, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Erinnyis obscura, Lepidoptera of French Antilles [Pierre Zagatti]
Dilophonota rhaebus ; Godman & Salvin, 1881, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 19
Dilophonota obscura ; Godman & Salvin, 1881, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 19
Erinnyis obscura ; [HMW]

Larva on Philibertia heterophylla, P. viminalis, Cynanchum palustre [MNA21]

Mexico, ...? Erinnyis obscura obscura ; [MABL]
E. o. socorroensis Clark, 1926
Mexico, ...? Erinnyis obscura socorroensis ; [HMW]; [MABL]
E. o. conformis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
obscura conformis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; , TL: Galapagos
Erinnyis obscura conformis ; [HMW]

Erinnyis oenotrus (Cramer, [1780])
Florida, Texax, Mexico, CA - Argentina, Venezuela, Ecuador. See [About maps] Sphinx oenotrus Cramer, [1780]; Uitl. Kapellen 4 (25-26a): pl. 301, (index) f. C, 251, TL: Surinam
Sphinx penaeus Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum, 2: 93, TL: Am. Merid.
Erinnyis melancholica Grote, 1865; Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 5: 77, pl. 2, f. 4, TL: Cuba
Anceryx piperis Grote & Robinson, 1868; Trans. Am. ent. Soc. 2: 77
Dilophonota hippothoon Burmeister, 1878; Descr. phys. Rép. Arg. 5: 333, TL: vicinity of Buesnos Aires, Argentina
Erinnyis oenotrus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Erinnyis oenotrus, Lepidoptera of French Antilles [Pierre Zagatti]
Dilophonota aenotrus[sic] ; Godman & Salvin, 1881, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 19
Erinnyis oenotrus ; [HMW]; [MABL]

Larva on Apocynaceae [MNA21]


Erinnyis pallida Grote, 1865
suillus (Boisduval, [1875])
Erinnyis pallida ; [HMW]

Erinnyis yucatana (Druce, 1888)
Mexico. See [About maps] Erinnyis yucatana ; [HMW]; [MABL]


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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BAMONA]
Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA]
electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[Bruce Walsh]
Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon
[GALEPS]
Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States; James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm
[HBN]
Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[HMW]
Kitching & Cadiou, 2000; Hawkmoths of the World; An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
[LAMAS-NEO]
Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[MABL]
Manuel A. Balcázar Lara; Palomillas de México
[MNA21]
Ronald W. Hodges, 1971; The Moths of America North of Mexico; Fascicle 21; SPHINGOIDEA
[Pierre Zagatti]
WWW pages; Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles; e-mail: Pierre Zagatti


Some related literature:
Boisduval, 1870
Considerations sur des Lépidoptères envoyés du Guatemala à M. de l'Orza Considérations Lépid. Guatemala: 100pp
Boisduval, [1875]
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères Hétérocères, 1 in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spéc. gén. Lépid. Hétérocères) 1: -
Burmeister, 1878
Description physique de la République Argentine d'après des observations personelles et étrangeres. 5. Lépidoptères. Première partie. Contenant les diurnes, crépusculaires et bombycoïdes Descr. phys. Rép. Arg. 5: vi, 526pp
Cramer, [1780]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 4 (25-26a): 1-28, pl. 289-304 (1780)
Drury, [1770]
Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 1: 130pp, 50pls (1770), index to vol. 1 (1773)
H. Edwards, 1882
New species of Heterocera Papilio 2: 9-15
Fabricius, 1775
Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Syst. Ent.: 832pp
Druce in Godman & Salvin, 1881; Godman & Salvin, 1881
Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490, 3: pl. 1-64
Grote, 1865
Notes on Cuban Sphingidae Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 5: 33-84
Grote & Robinson, 1865
A synonymical catalogue of North American Sphingidae, with notes and descriptions Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 5: 149-194, 3pls
Geyer, [1829]
Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, Vol. 3 ([1827] - [1838]) in Hübner, Samml. exot. Schmett. 3 : pl. [9], [11], [21], [26-27], [32], [43], [45] (1827), pl. [7], [13], [35], [42] (1828), pl. [20], [22], [37-38] (1829), pl. [17], [24], [41], [49] (1830), pl. [30] (1831), pl. [25], [28], [31], [44], [50-51] (1832), pl. [5-6], [14-16], [29], [48], [52] (1833), pl. [1], [12], [18] (1834), pl. [2-4], [10], [19], [23], [39], [46] (1835), pl. [40] (1836-1837), pl. [8], [33-34], [36], [47], [53] (1838)
Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Linnaeus, 1758
Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: -
Lucas, 1857
Historia física política y natural de la Isla de Cuba. (Lepidópteros) in Sagra, Hist. fis. pol. nat. Isla Cuba (2) 7 : 474-750, pl. 14-17 (French Edition) (1857), 202-313, pl. 14-17 (1857)
Sepp, [1848]
Natuurlijke Historie van Surinaamsche Vlinders, naar het leven geteekend. Papillons de Surinam dessinés d'après nature Surinaam. Vlinders 1 (1): 1-16, pl. 1-4 ([1829]), 1 (2): 17-24, pl. 5-8 ([1829]), 1 (3): 25-32, pl. 9-12 ([1830]), 1 (4): 33-40, pl. 13-16 ([1830]), 1 (5): 41-48, pl. 17-20 ([1832]), 1 (6): 49-56, pl. 21-24 ([1832-1840]), 1 (7): 57-64, pl. 25-28 ([1832-1840]), 1 (8): 65-72, pl. 29-32 ([1840]), 1 (9): 73-80, pl. 33-36 ([1841]), 1 (10): 81-88, pl. 37-40 ([1841]), 1 (11): 89-96, pl. 41-44 ([1842]), 1 (12): 97-104, pl. 45-48 ([1842]), 1 (13): i-viii, 105-108, pl. 49-50 ([1843]), 2 (13): 109-112, pl. 51-52 ([1843]), 2 (14): 113-120, pl. 53-56 ([1843]), 2 (15): 121-128, pl. 57-60 ([1844]), 2 (16): 129-136, pl. 61-64 ([1844]), 2 (17): 137-144, pl. 65-68 ([1845]), 2 (18): 145-152, pl. 69-72 ([1845]), 2 (19): 169-176, pl. 73-76 ([1845]), 2 (20): 177-184, pl. 77-80 ([1846]), 2 (21): 185-192, pl. 81-84 ([1847]), 2 (22): 193-200, pl. 85-88 ([1846]), 2 (23): 201-208, pl. 89-92 ([1847]), 2 (24): 209-216, pl. 93-96 ([1847]), 2 (25): i-iv, 217-224, pl. 97-100 ([1847]) , 3 (26): 225-232, pl. 101-104 ([1848]), 3 (27): 233-240, pl. 105-108 ([1848]), 3 (28): 241-248, pl. 109-112 ([1848]), 3 (29): 249-256, pl. 113-116 ([1849]), 3 (30): 257-264, pl. 117-120 ([1849]), 3 (31): 265-272, pl. 121-124 ([1850]), 3 (32): 273-280, pl. 125-128 ([1850]), 3 (33): 281-288, pl. 129-132 ([1851]), 3 (34): 289-296, pl. 133-136 ([1851]), 3 (35): 297-304, pl. 137-140 ([1851]), 3 (36): 305-312, pl. 141-144 ([1851]), 3 (37): 313-320, pl. 145-148 ([1852]), 3 (38): i-viii, 321-328, pl. 149-152 ([1852])
Swainson, 1823
Zoological illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists Zool. Illustr. (1) 1: pl. 1-18 (1820), pl. 19-66 (1821), 2: pl. 67-83 (1821), pl. 84-119 (1822), 3: pl. 120-134 (1822), pl. 135-182 (1823)
Walker, 1856
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 1-271 (1856)


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