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Alope Sphinx

Erinnyis alope

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Brazil.January 16, February 17, March 19, April 21, May 19, June 13, July 15, August 9, September 9, October 5, November 9, December 16.
United States241
Brazil168
Mexico73
Colombia53
Ecuador40
Argentina33
Texas24
Rio de Jeneiro24
Costa Rica23
Sao Paulo21

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilySphinx Moths · Sphingidae
GenusErinnyis

Sources

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