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
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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

Distribution

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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

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The wingspan is 67–80 mm.

Biology

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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

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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.