Callionima parce
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| Parce sphinx moth | |
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| File:Parce Sphinx (Callionima parce) (28548499345).jpg | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Callionima |
| Species: | C. parce
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| Binomial name | |
| Callionima parce (Fabricius, 1775)
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Callionima parce, the parce sphinx moth, is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae.It was originally described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775.[1]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]Is known from Argentina, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru to Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Mexico to southern Florida, southern Texas, southern Arizona and southern California.
Description
[edit | edit source]The wingspan is 67–80 mm.
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Male dorsal
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Male ventral
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Female dorsal
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Female vetnral
Biology
[edit | edit source]Adults are on wing year round in Costa Rica. In the United States adults are on wing from April to September in Florida, Texas, Arizona and southern California.[2]
The larvae feed on Stemmadenia obovata and probably other Apocynaceae species.
References
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