Callionima falcifera

Callionima falcifera
Callionima falcifera, adult
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

Callionima falcifera is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Jamaica, south through northern South America (north-western and eastern Venezuela).^[2]

The wingspan is 68–73 mm. The forewing apex is acutely pointed and falcate. The forewing upperside is extremely similar to Callionima parce, consistently differing only in the pale oblique apical line expanding into a pale patch that does not curve back up the outer edge of the apical line towards the apex but is directed posteriorly towards the outer margin, resulting in the area between the outer margin and the apical line being the same colour as the area immediately basal to the apical line.

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

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