Erinnyis alope

Taxobox
name = Alope Sphinx


image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Erinnyis alope", adult
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Sphingidae
genus = "Erinnyis"
species = "E. alope"
binomial = "Erinnyis alope"

binomial_authority = (Drury, 1770)

The Alope Sphinx ("Erinnyis alope") is a moth of the Family Sphingidae. It lives from the Northern part of South America, through Central America, up to Northern Mexico and the very south of the United States. The larva eat Papaya ("Carica papaya"), Nettlespurge ("Jatropha"), and Allamanda ("Allamanda").

External links

* [http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/moths/usa/1041.htm Alope Sphinx] Moths of America
* [http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/ealope.htm Life Cycle]