Temnora crenulata

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Temnora crenulata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Temnora
Species:
T. crenulata
Binomial name
Temnora crenulata
(Holland, 1893) [1]
Synonyms
  • Ocyton crenulataHolland, 1893

Temnora crenulata is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to Congo, Uganda and western Kenya, with an isolated population in the Usambara Mountains of north-eastern Tanzania. [2]

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Description

The length of the forewings is 22–28 mm.

Subspecies

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  2. ↑ 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.

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