Callionima inuus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Euarthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Callionima |
Species: | C. inuus |
Binomial name | |
Callionima inuus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 |
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Callionima inuus is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan, in 1903.
It is known from Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama through Venezuela to Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina and Peru.
The wingspan is 67–72 mm. Adults are on wing year round.
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The larvae probably feed on Tabernaemontana alba and other Apocynaceae species.