Temnora zantus
| Temnora zantus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Temnora |
| Species: | T. zantus |
| Binomial name | |
| Temnora zantus (Herrich-Schaffer, 1854)[1] | |
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Temnora zantus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests in Congo and Uganda.[2]
It is superficially similar to Temnora atrofasciata, but the forewing outer margin is crenulated and the forewing upperside has a pale apical area separated from the dark brown median area by a distinct narrow white line and beyond which is a line of dark brown spots. The forewing inner margin is deeply concave before the tornus. The abdominal tergites have a white dot on the lower edges. The abdominal sternites have two rows of blackish spots.
Subspecies
- Temnora zantus zantus (South Africa)
- Temnora zantus apiciplaga (Karsch, 1891) (Cameroon to Uganda and western Kenya)
- Temnora zantus curvilimes Hering, 1927 (forest and woodland from Zimbabwe and Mozambique to Malawi, Tanzania and the coast of Kenya)
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ↑ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
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