Callionima parce

Parce sphinx moth
	Dorsal view
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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;

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]

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.

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

^ "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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[1] "Callionima parce (Fabricius, 1775) sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. 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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