Callionima inuus
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Callionima |
Species: | C. inuus
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Binomial name | |
Callionima inuus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
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Callionima inuus is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.[1]
Distribution
[edit]It is known from Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama through Venezuela to Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina and Peru.[2]
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 67–72 mm. Adults are on wing year round.
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Male
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Male underside
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Female
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Female underside
Biology
[edit]The larvae probably feed on Tabernaemontana alba and other Apocynaceae species.
References
[edit]- ^ "Callionima inuus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ^ "Callionima inuus". Silkmoths. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2011-10-19.