Ello sphinx
Erinnyis ello
The ello sphinx is a hawk moth, a strong and speedy flier. It lives in a huge area of the Americas, from Argentina all the way to the United States. A special kind of it even lives on the Galápagos Islands.
Lives in
From Argentina through Central America to the United States
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat plant leaves.
How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
Ello sphinx about 45 km/h (28 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It reaches as far north as Nevada in the United States.
2
A tiny wasp lays its eggs in the ello sphinx's caterpillars.
3
It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.
you asked
Most asked questions about Ello sphinx
?Where does the ello sphinx live?
From Argentina through Central America to the United States, and on the Galápagos Islands.
?Is the ello sphinx dangerous?
No. It is a harmless moth.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Erinnyis ello
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Sphingidae
- Lives on
- South America, North America
Where the facts come from
- Erinnyis ello (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Didier Descouens. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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