Temnora livida

Temnora livida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Temnora
Species: T. livida
Binomial name
Temnora livida
Holland, 1889[1]
Synonyms
  • Chaerocampa livida Holland, 1889

Temnora livida is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests from Gambia to Congo and Uganda.[2]

The length of the forewings is 29–34 mm, making it the largest species of the Temnora genus. The head and body are grey, with a dark median line running from the vertex to the base of the abdomen. The forewings are grey with numerous indistinct crenulate dark lines. There is a darker area at the costa near the apex and a squarish dark spot at the inner margin before the tornus. There is also a large, diffuse darker area beyond the middle of the costa. The hindwings are uniformly dark blackish grey with a pale grey spot at the tornus. The abdominal tufts are light red.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  2. "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.