Callionima falcifera
Species of moth
Callionima falcifera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Callionima |
Species: | C. falcifera |
Binomial name | |
Callionima falcifera (Gehlen, 1943)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Callionima falcifera is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Bruno Gehlen in 1943. It is known from Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Jamaica, south through northern South America (north-western and eastern Venezuela).[2]
Description
The wingspan is 68–73 mm.
- Female
- Female underside
- Male
- Male underside
Biology
The larvae feed on Stemmadenia obovata and probably other Apocynaceae species.
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