Callionima inuus is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.[1]
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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. inuus
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| Callionima inuus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
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Distribution
editIt is known from Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama through Venezuela to Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina and Peru.[2]
Description
editThe wingspan is 67–72 mm. Adults are on wing year round.
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Female underside
Biology
editThe 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.
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