Callionima parce explained

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]

Distribution

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

The wingspan is 67–80 mm.

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.^[2]

The larvae feed on Stemmadenia obovata and probably other Apocynaceae species.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Callionima parce (Fabricius, 1775) sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009 . https://archive.today/20120723032805/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Callionima/parce.html . 2012-07-23 . 2011-10-19 . Cate-sphingidae.org.
2. Web site: Callionima parce parce ??. https://web.archive.org/web/20140417071617/http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/cparcpar.htm . 2014-04-17 . dead . Silkmoths . 2011-10-19 .