Callionima acuta
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| Callionima acuta | |
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| File:Callionima acuta MHNT CUT 2010 348 Ixiamas, Bolivia, male dorsal.jpg | |
| Male dorsal | |
| File:Callionima acuta MHNT CUT 2010 348 Ixiamas, Bolivia, male ventral.jpg | |
| Male ventral | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Callionima |
| Species: | C. acuta
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| Binomial name | |
| Callionima acuta (Rothschild & Jordan, 1910)
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Callionima acuta is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was originally described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan as Hemeroplanes acuta, in 1910.[1]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]Is known from Peru and Bolivia.
Description
[edit | edit source]Males have a wingspan of about 32 millimetres. The species is similar to Callionima parce, but is darker in colour. The forewing upperside ground colour is blackish-brown. The hindwing underside has a median line and a line of dots in the outer half.
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Biology
[edit | edit source]Adults are probably on wing in multiple generations.[2]
References
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