Erinnyis alope

TaxID: 325934

Basic Information

Erinnyis alope

Alope Sphinx, Papaya Hornworm

Erinnyis alope, the Alope sphinx, 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, although strays have been recorded as far north as Arkansas and Kansas.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Sphingidae

Erinnyis

alope

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Erinnyis alope
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(c) Edward Perry IV@BY-NC
Erinnyis alope
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(c) Juan Cruzado Cortés@BY-SA
Erinnyis alope
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(c) Juan Cruzado Cortés@BY-SA
Erinnyis alope
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(c) A Lamberts@BY-NC
Erinnyis alope
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(c) Francis Joyce@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (3 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Sri Lanka Quarantine pests —
Mozambique Quarantine pests —
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (26 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

26
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Bahamas Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
Canada Present —
Colombia Present —
Costa Rica Present —
Cayman Islands Present —
Dominican Republic Present —
Ecuador Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature