Callionima falcifera

Callionima falcifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Callionima
Species:	C. falcifera
Binomial name
	Callionima falcifera; (Gehlen, 1943)
Synonyms
	Hemeroplanes falcifera Gehlen, 1943; Hemeroplanes jamaicensis Cary, 1951; Hemeroplanes elainae Neidhoefer, 1968; Hemeroplanes falcifera guaycura Cary, 1963;

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. The forewing apex is acutely pointed and falcate (sickle shaped). The forewing upperside is extremely similar to Callionima parce, consistently differing only in the pale oblique apical line expanding into a pale patch that does not curve back up the outer edge of the apical line towards the apex but is directed posteriorly towards the outer margin, resulting in the area between the outer margin and the apical line being the same colour as the area immediately basal to the apical line.

Female
Female underside
Male
Male underside

Biology[]

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

References[]

^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-19.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Callionima falcifera". Silkmoths. Archived from the original on 2013-04-09. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-19.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Callionima falcifera". Silkmoths. Archived from the original on 2013-04-09. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

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