Callionima falcifera

Callionima falcifera
	File:Callionima falcifera MHNT CUT 2010 0 40 Mazatlán Mexico female.jpg
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 larvae feed on Stemmadenia obovata and probably other Apocynaceae species.

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