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Callionima inuus

Callionima inuus
Callionima innus MHNT CUT 2010 0 16 Osayacu Napo Ecuador female dorsal.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Callionima
Species: C. inuus
Binomial name
Callionima inuus
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Synonyms
  • Hemeroplanes brethesi Köhler, 1924

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.



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