Callionima grisescens elegans
(Gehlen, 1935),

Callionima grisescens elegans male, Extremoz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil,
March 3, 2019, courtesy of Francierlem Oliveira.

Callionima grisescens elegans female, Extremoz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil,
May 3, 2016, courtesy of Francierlem Oliveira.

Callionima grisescens elegans male, Extremoz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil,
courtesy of Francierlem Oliveira.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839 Tribe: Dilophonotini, Burmeister, 1878 Genus: Callionima Lucas, 1857 ........... Species: grisescens elegans Gehlen, 1935

DISTRIBUTION:

Callionima grisescens elegans (Wing span: mm), flies in Brazil and is endemic to the northeastern regions of
Brazil: Rio Grande do Norte (FO): Taboleiro Grande and Extremoz.

Callionima grisescens elegans, Taboleiro Grande, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil,
March 6, 2017, courtesy of Francierlem Oliveira, id by Bill Oehlke.

Callionima grisescens elegans male, Extremoz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil,
courtesy of Francierlem Oliveira.

FLIGHT TIMES:

Callionima grisescens elegans adults probably fly as multiple broods. Francierlem Oliveira reports early May and early March flights in Extremoz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, and he reports a March flight in Taboleiro Grande.

ECLOSION:

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

Callionima grisescens elegans, Taboleiro Grande, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil,
March 6, 2017, courtesy of Francierlem Oliveira, id by Bill Oehlke.

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.

Callionima grisescens elegans pair, Extremoz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil,
male to left; March 3, 2019, courtesy of Francierlem Oliveira.

EGGS, LARVAE, PUPAE:

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