Callionima gracilis
Jordan, 1923

Callionima gracilis HT male, Cuba,
courtesy of Jean Haxaire, as per Creative Commons.

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TAXONOMY:

Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839
Tribe: Dilophonotini, Burmeister, 1878
Genus: Callionima Lucas, 1857 ...........
Species: gracilis Jordan, 1923

DISTRIBUTION:

Callionima gracilis (Wing span: mm), flies in Cuba.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Callionima gracilis adults probably fly as multiple broods.

ECLOSION:

Adults eclose from pupae formed in flimsy cocoons among leaf litter.

SCENTING AND MATING:

Females call in the males with a pheromone released from a gland at the tip of the abdomen. Both males and females nectar at flowers.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

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