Temnora eranga

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Temnora eranga
Temnora eranga, male, upperside. Uganda, Ankole, Falinzu Forest.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Temnora
Species:
T. eranga
Binomial name
Temnora eranga
(Holland, 1889) [1]
Synonyms
  • Ocyton erangaHolland, 1889
  • Temnora heringiGehlen, 1931

Temnora eranga is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to Congo and Uganda and western Kenya. [2]

The length of the forewings is 16–18 mm.

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2011-10-25.[ permanent dead link ]
  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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