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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Callionima |
| Species: | C. falcifera
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| Callionima falcifera (Gehlen, 1943)[1]
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Description
editThe wingspan is 68–73 mm.
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Male underside
Biology
editThe larvae feed on Stemmadenia obovata and probably other Apocynaceae species.
References
edit- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ^ "Callionima falcifera". Silkmoths. Archived from the original on 2013-04-09. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
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