Callionima calliomenae (Schaufuss, 1870)

Hodecek, Jiri & Haxaire, Jean, 2025, A revised and annotated checklist of the hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of the Dominican Republic, with new records and distribution maps of chosen species, Zootaxa 5701 (4), pp. 401-427 : 414

Callionima calliomenae (Schaufuss, 1870) ( Fig 4. B )

General distribution. Venezuela and the Dominican Republic.

Distribution in the DR. Widespread throughout the country ( Fig 1. E ).

Habitat. Elevation 10–1740 m. A species of dry forest usually of low and medium elevations, sometimes very common but usually only locally.

Host plants. Larval stages and host plants unknown.

Material examined.

Hodecek: Constanza, La Vega: 18°59'41"N 70°50'11"W, 1630 m, 7/2021, 2 ♀, leg. J. Hodecek; Aniana Vargas NP: 19°00'59"N 70°16'07"W, 1630 m, 7/2021, 1 ♂, leg. J. Hodecek; Constanza, La Vega: 18°59'41"N 70°50'11"W, 1630 m, 6/2023, 3 ♀, leg. J. Hodecek; Constanza, La Vega: 18°59'43"N 70°49'23"W, 1740 m, 6/2023, 1 ♀, leg. J. Hodecek; Jaragua National Park : 17°47'32"N 71°27'38"W, 123 m, 6/2023, 10 ♂ 8 ♀, leg. J. Hodecek; Paraiso, Barahona : 17°59'56"N 71°09'44"W, 99 m, 6/2023, 1 ♂ 2 ♀, leg. J. Hodecek; Pedernales province : 18°06'24"N 71°37'12"W, 700 m, 6/2023, 1 ♀, leg. J. Hodecek; Punta Cana, Macao: 18°43'50"N 68°29'51"W, 9 m, 6/2023, 1 ♂, leg. J. Hodecek; Sierra de Bahoruco National Park : 18°08'15"N 71°32'38"W, 1400 m, 6/2023, 4 ♀, leg. J. Hodecek; Valle Nuevo National Park : 18°53'10"N 70°33'44"W, 650 m, 6/2023, 1 ♂, leg. J. Hodecek; Punta Cana, Macao: 18°43'50"N 68°29'51"W, 9 m, 5/2024, 1 ♀, leg. J. Hodecek; Jaragua National Park : 17°47'32"N 71°27'38"W, 123 m, 5/2024, 1 ♂, leg. J. Hodecek.

Haxaire: Pedernales, trail from Pedernales to Los Arroyos pk 6: 18°07'28"N 71°43'33"W, 367 m, 12/08/2007, 2 ♂, leg. Jean Haxaire & Odile Paquit; Azua, trail from Padre Las Casas to Guyabal pk 2: 18°45'13"N 70°55'05"W, 586 m, 14/08/2007, 3 ♂, leg. Jean Haxaire & Odile Paquit.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Distributions of selected species of Sphingidae in the Dominican Republic.

FIGURE 4. Photographs of some of the hawkmoths recorded from the Dominican Republic:A) Lintneria tricolor, B) Callionima calliomenae,C)Cautethianoctuiformis,D) Pachyliasyces insularis,E)Eumorphastrenua,F)Xylophanesrhodocera. Photographs by Jiri Hodecek (B, E), Jean Haxaire (A, C, F) and josstory (D, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19799563).