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Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Sphingidae
890157 – 7835   Erinnyis oenotrus (Cramer, [1780])
             Oleander Sphinx

- Cayman Islands - © Gary J. Goss
Distribution: Suggested by Heppner as a species straying into, but not breeding in, Florida.
Synonymy:
  • aenotrus (Butler, 1878) (Dilophonota)
  • peneus (Walker, 1856) (Zonilia)
  • oenotrus (Cramer, [1780]) (Sphinx) STRAY - MONA 1983: 7835
  • hippothoon (Burmeister, 1878) (Dilophonota)
  • melancholica Grote, 1865 (Erinnyis)
  • penaeus (Fabricius, 1787) (Sphinx)
  • piperis (Grote & Robinson, 1868) (Anceryx)
  • References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)
    Erinnyis oenotrus
    - 80mm – © Jim Vargo
    Erinnyis oenotrus
    - 80mm – © Jim Vargo

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