Temnora grandidieri

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Temnora grandidieri
Temnora grandidieri, male, upperside. Madagascar, 149km east of Tananarivo, Station Perinet.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Temnora
Species:
T. grandidieri
Binomial name
Temnora grandidieri
(Butler, 1879) [1]
Synonyms
  • Diodosida grandidieriButler, 1879

Temnora grandidieri is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar. [2]

It is very similar to Temnora murina , but distinguishable by the dark brown base of the hindwing upperside.

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References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2011-10-25.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  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.