Erinnyis
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Erinnyis is a genus of butterflies from the family of swarmers (Sphingidae). It is named after the Erinyes .
features
The small to medium-sized moths have a very streamlined body with narrow wings and a narrow body. The forewings are patterned dark brown, gray and black. The hind wings of most species are strikingly bright orange or yellow in color. The morphology of the genitals is similar to that of the genera Pseudosphinx and Isognathus .
Young caterpillars have a long, slender anal horn , but in the last stage of the caterpillar the anal horn is reduced to a short stub. In the last stage of most species, the caterpillar has a conspicuous red-black eye-spot on the back of the first abdominal segment .
The pupae of all types look very similar. They have a glossy black base color and strong orange bands and patterns.
Occurrence and way of life
The genus is neotropically distributed. Some species have a large range, for example, from South America to the southern United States. Some species are known to make long migrating flights, so Erinnyis ello and Erinnyis obscura have even been found in Canada . In North America, in addition to these two species, Erinnyis alope , Erinnyis lassauxii and Erinnyis crameri occur. Pupation takes place in all species on the ground in a loosely spun cocoon , in which also parts of the plant u. Ä. Be incorporated.
Systematics
12 species of the genus are known worldwide, but Tuttle considers Erinnyis domingonis to be a synonym for E. obscura .
- Erinnyis alope (Drury, 1773)
- Erinnyis crameri (Schaus, 1898)
- Erinnyis domingonis (Butler, 1875)
- Erinnyis ello (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Erinnyis guttularis (Walker, 1856)
- Erinnyis impunctata Rothschild & Jordan , 1903
- Erinnyis lassauxii (Boisduval, 1859)
- Erinnyis obscura (Fabricius, 1775)
- Erinnyis oenotrus (Cramer, 1780)
- Erinnyis pallida Grote, 186
- Erinnyi's stheno (Geyer, [1829])
- Erinnyis yucatana (Druce, 1888)
Erinnyis alope
Erinnyis crameri
Erinnyis impunctata
Erinnyis lassauxi
Erinnyis yucatana
supporting documents
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e James P. Tuttle: The Hawkmoths of North America, A Natural History Study of the Sphingidae of the United States and Canada The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Washington, DC 2007, ISBN 978-0-9796633-0- 7 .
- ^ Ian J. Kitching, Jean-Marie Cadiou: Hawkmoths of the World. An Annotated and Illustrated Revisionary Checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Cornell University Press, New York 2000, ISBN 0-8014-3734-2
literature
- James P. Tuttle: The Hawkmoths of North America, A Natural History Study of the Sphingidae of the United States and Canada, The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Washington, DC 2007, ISBN 978-0-9796633-0-7 .
