Callionima falcifera

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]

Callionima falcifera
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Hemeroplanes falcifera Gehlen, 1943
  • Hemeroplanes jamaicensis Cary, 1951
  • Hemeroplanes elainae Neidhoefer, 1968
  • Hemeroplanes falcifera guaycura Cary, 1963

Description

The wingspan is 68–73 mm.

  • Female
    Female
  • Female underside
    Female underside
  • Male
    Male
  • Male underside
    Male underside

Biology

The larvae feed on Stemmadenia obovata and probably other Apocynaceae species.

References
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  2. "Callionima falcifera". Silkmoths. Archived from the original on 2013-04-09. Retrieved 2011-10-19.


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