Temnora sardanus
Appearance
Temnora sardanus | |
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T. s. sardanus, Ghana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Temnora |
Species: | T. sardanus
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Binomial name | |
Temnora sardanus | |
Synonyms | |
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Temnora sardanus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests and heavy woodland from Sierra Leone to Congo and Angola, then to Zimbabwe and East Africa.[2]
The length of the forewings is 19–21 mm for males and 23–25 mm for females.
Subspecies
[edit]- Temnora sardanus sardanus
- Temnora sardanus canui Darge, 1991 (São Tomé & Princípe)
- Temnora sardanus hirsutus Darge, 2004 (Tanzania)
References
[edit]- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ^ Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Categories:
- Temnora
- Moths described in 1856
- Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa
- Lepidoptera of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Lepidoptera of Uganda
- Lepidoptera of West Africa
- Lepidoptera of Angola
- Insects of the Central African Republic
- Lepidoptera of the Republic of the Congo
- Lepidoptera of Gabon
- Lepidoptera of Tanzania
- Lepidoptera of Zimbabwe
- Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
- Macroglossini stubs