Callionima parce

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]

Parce sphinx moth
Dorsal view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sphingidae
Genus:
Callionima
Species:
C. parce
Binomial name
Callionima parce
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Sphinx parce Fabricius, 1775
  • Sphinx licastus Stoll, 1781
  • Sphinx galianna Burmeister, 1855
  • Hemeroplanes parthenope Zikán, 1935

Distribution

Is 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

The wingspan is 67–80 mm. The forewing apex is acutely pointed and slightly falcate (sickle shaped). The forewing upperside has a curved pale oblique apical line, expanding into a pale patch that curves back up the outer edge of the apical line towards the apex, resulting in the area between the outer margin and the apical line being paler than the area immediately basal to the apical line. Examination of genitalia is required to distinguish Callionima parce from Callionima falcifera.

  • Male dorsal
  • Male ventral
  • Female dorsal
  • Female vetnral

Biology

Adults 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
  1. "Callionima parce (Fabricius, 1775) sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  2. "Callionima parce parce ??". Silkmoths. Archived from the original on 2014-04-17. Retrieved 2011-10-19.


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