Erinnyis ello
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Erinnyis ello, the ello sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is distributed from Argentina through Central America to the United States as far north as Nevada.
The ello sphinx can be parasitized by the braconid wasp Microplitis figueresi. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cabo Pulmo National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 5 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 12 | Saguaro National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 3 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 10 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ello Sphinx sighting in Iguazú National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 106th most-seen of the 306 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Ello Sphinx in Iguazú National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, April–May and July–October, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ello Sphinx sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
5th of 13
Of the 13 parks where we can rate Ello Sphinx sightings, Iguazú National Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Cabo Pulmo National Park (Mexico, about 20%), Galápagos Islands (Ecuador, about 10%) and Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 10%).
Same genus: Erinnyis
The closest relatives of the Ello Sphinx that you can see in Iguazú National Park (genus Erinnyis) are Erinnyis oenotrus (about 10%) and Cramer's Sphinx (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ello Sphinx is recorded against all the insects logged in Iguazú National Park (16 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
