Callionima parce

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]

Parce sphinx moth
Dorsal view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Callionima
Species:	C. parce
Binomial name
Callionima parce (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
Sphinx parce Fabricius, 1775 Sphinx licastus Stoll, 1781 Sphinx galianna Burmeister, 1855 Hemeroplanes parthenope Zikán, 1935

Distribution

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

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

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.