Callionima nomius courtesy of Dr. Lloyd Glenn Ingles.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839 Tribe: Dilophonotini, Burmeister, 1878 Genus: Callionima Lucas, 1857 ........... Species: nomius Walker, 1856

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DISTRIBUTION:

The Fan-tailed Bark Moth, Callionima nomius (Wing span: 70 - 80 mm), flies in
Mexico;
Belize: Cayo, Stann Creek;
Guatemala;
Honduras ??;
Nicaragua: Rio San Juan;
Costa Rica: Puntarenas, Guanacaste, Alajuela, Heredia, San Jose;
Panama; through
northwestern and eastern Venezuela; to
southern Brazil: Para, Mato Grosso: Cristalino Jungle Lodge. Brazil is the specimen type locality.

Callionima nomius Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso, Brazil, courtesy of Erin Brandt.

Callionima nomius Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso, Brazil, courtesy of Erin Brandt.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Callionima nomius adults fly continuously and specimens have been taken in every month (except perhaps March) in Costa Rica.

ECLOSION:

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

Females are generally active from 10:00 pm until 2:00 am, while males are on the wing from 11:00 pm until 2:30 am.

Callionima nomius male courtesy of Dan Janzen.

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, including Nicotiana forgetiana. Females are seldom taken at lights while males are common.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE: