Callionima falcifera

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]

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)[1]
Synonyms
Hemeroplanes falcifera Gehlen, 1943 Hemeroplanes jamaicensis Cary, 1951 Hemeroplanes elainae Neidhoefer, 1968 Hemeroplanes falcifera guaycura Cary, 1963

Description

The wingspan is 68–73 mm.

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  Female
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  Female underside
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  Male
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  Male underside

Biology

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