Callionima falcifera (Gehlen, 1943)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Sphingidae → subfamily Macroglossinae → tribe Dilophonotini → subtribe Dilophonotina → genus Callionima → species Callionima falcifera

Species name(s)

Callionima falcifera (Gehlen, 1943) = Hemeroplanes falcifera Gehlen, 1943 = jamaicensis (Cary, 1951) = Callionima falcifera elaine = Callionima parce = Hemeroplanes parce. [9]

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Nearctic, Neotropic.

Wingspan

68—73 mm.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

From Mexico, Costa Rica and Jamaica, to the south, to the northern part of South America [135].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Wingspan: 68 - 73 mm. [135].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Stemmadenia obovata and other plants from the family Apocynaceae [135].

Subspecies of Callionima falcifera

Callionima falcifera falcifera. [9]
C. f. guaycura (Cary, 1963). [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Alex Dumchus.

Text data: Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[135] http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/indexos.htm

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