Callionima gracilis

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Callionima gracilis
Callionima gracilis holotype (Cuba) (CMNH) male upperside.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Callionima
Species:
C. gracilis
Binomial name
Callionima gracilis
(Jordan, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Hemeroplanes gracilisJordan, 1923

Callionima gracilis is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was originally described by Karl Jordan as Hemeroplanes gracilis in 1923. [1] It is endemic to Cuba. [2]

Adults are probably on wing in multiple generations. In size and colour, it is similar to Callionima grisescens , but with a truncate forewing apex, strongly excavate below, and a larger silver spot on the forewing upperside, clearly divided into two branches. The forewing upperside has the lower branch of the silver spot within a diagnostic ill-defined, longitudinal black band running between the antemedian and submarginal lines through the centre of the wing.

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References

  1. ↑ "Callionima gracilis (Jordan, 1923) sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2011-10-19.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  2. ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-10-19.


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