Callionima falcifera
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Callionima |
Species: | C. falcifera
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Binomial name | |
Callionima falcifera (Gehlen, 1943)[1]
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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
[edit]The wingspan is 68–73 mm.
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Female
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Female underside
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Male
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Male underside
Biology
[edit]The larvae feed on Stemmadenia obovata and probably other Apocynaceae species.
References
[edit]- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ^ "Callionima falcifera". Silkmoths. Archived from the original on 2013-04-09. Retrieved 2011-10-19.