''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.
Distribution
Is known from
Argentina,
Venezuela,
Suriname
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,
French Guiana,
Bolivia
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Brazil,
Peru to
Belize,
Guatemala
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,
Nicaragua,
Costa Rica
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,
Panama and
Mexico to southern
Florida, southern
Texas, southern
Arizona and southern
California.
Description
The
wingspan is 67–80 mm.
Callionima parce MHNT CUT 2010 0 16 Punta Lobos, Baja California Sur, Mexico dorsal.jpg, Male dorsal
Callionima parce MHNT CUT 2010 0 16 Punta Lobos, Baja California Sur, Mexico ventral.jpg, Male ventral
Callionima parce MHNT CUT 2010 0 337 Punta Lobos, Baja California Sur, Mexico female dorsal.jpg, Female dorsal
Callionima parce MHNT CUT 2010 0 337 Punta Lobos, Baja California Sur, Mexico female ventral.jpg, 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.
The larvae feed on ''
Stemmadenia obovata'' and probably other
Apocynaceae species.
References
Parce
Moths of North America
Sphingidae of South America
Insects of Mexico
Fauna of the California chaparral and woodlands
Moths described in 1775
Moths of South America
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
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