Atemnora

Atemnora
Atemnora falkensteinii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Subfamily: Macroglossinae
Genus: Atemnora
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species: A. westermannii
Binomial name
Atemnora westermannii
(Boisduval, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Macroglossa westermannii Boisduval, 1875
  • Atemnora falkensteinii Dewitz

Atemnora is a genus of moths in the Sphingidae family containing one species, Atemnora westermannii. It is known from wooded habitats throughout the Ethiopian Region including Madagascar, but excluding the extreme south of Africa.[1]

The length of the forewings is 23–31 mm.

References

Wikispecies has information related to: Atemnora
  1. "Revised Catalogue Of The African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26.


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