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Falcifera Sphinx Moth

Callionima falcifera

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 11, February 14, March 7, April 4, May 8, June 7, July 8, August 5, September 10, October 15, November 20, December 4.
Mexico113
Brazil48
Sinaloa38
Colombia30
Costa Rica26
Rio de Jeneiro22
Baja California Sur17
Sonora14
Provincia Puntarenas13
Minas Gerais13

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilySphinx Moths · Sphingidae
GenusCallionima

Sources

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