''Callionima falcifera'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family

Sphingidae The Sphingidae are a family of moths commonly called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as hornworms. It includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, but species ar ...

first described by Bruno Gehlen in 1943. It is known from

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and

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, south through northern South America (north-western and eastern

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Description

The

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is 68–73 mm. Callionima falcifera MHNT CUT 2010 0 40 Mazatlán Mexico female dorsal.jpg, Female Callionima falcifera MHNT CUT 2010 0 40 Mazatlán Mexico female ventral.jpg, Female underside Callionima falcifera MHNT CUT 2010 0 40 Puente national Vera Cruz Mexico male dorsal.jpg, Male Callionima falcifera MHNT CUT 2010 0 40 Puente national Vera Cruz Mexico male ventral.jpg, Male underside

Biology

The larvae feed on ''

Stemmadenia obovata ''Tabernaemontana glabra'' is an evergreen tree from the family Apocynaceae, native to Mexico, Central America, and northwestern South America (Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a la ...

'' and probably other

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species.

References

F Moths of Central America Sphingidae of South America Moths described in 1943 {{Dilophonotini-stub