Callionima parce, the parce sphinx moth, is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae.It was originally described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775.[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. parce
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| Binomial name | |
| Callionima parce (Fabricius, 1775)
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Distribution
editIs known from Argentina, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru to Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Mexico to southern Florida, southern Texas, southern Arizona and southern California.
Description
editThe wingspan is 67–80 mm.
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Female vetnral
Biology
editAdults are on wing year round in Costa Rica. In the United States adults are on wing from April to September in Florida, Texas, Arizona and southern California.[2]
The larvae feed on Stemmadenia obovata and probably other Apocynaceae species.
References
edit- ^ "Callionima parce (Fabricius, 1775) sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ^ "Callionima parce parce ??". Silkmoths. Archived from the original on 2014-04-17. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
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