Callionima falcifera
Species of moth
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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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Callionima |
| Species: | C. falcifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Callionima falcifera (Gehlen, 1943)[1] | |
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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.
