Temnora marginata | |
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Temnora marginata marginata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Temnora |
Species: | T. marginata |
Binomial name | |
Temnora marginata | |
Synonyms | |
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Temnora marginata is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is known from savannah and woodland in eastern and southern Africa. [2]
The length of the forewings is 21–23 mm. The forewing outer margin is even, excavate below the apex and above the tornus and convex between. The forewing upperside ground colour is dark brown with purple overtones. The hindwings are dark orange brown, with an inconspicuous brown marginal band.
Temnora fumosa is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in most habitats throughout Africa south of the Sahara.
Temnora argyropeza is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar.
Temnora burdoni is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Tanzania.
Temnora atrofasciata is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Forests from western Africa to Congo and Uganda, with an apparently isolated population in the Usambara Mountains.
Temnora griseata is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from Nigeria to southern Congo, southern Tanzania and Malawi.
Temnora nephele is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and Nigeria.
Temnora subapicalis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from highland forest in central Kenya and also in Zimbabwe.
Temnora nitida is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar.
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.
Temnora avinoffi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Nigeria to Cameroon and Gabon.
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.
Temnora natalis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from bush and savanna from South Africa to Zimbabwe, Zambia and Tanzania.
Temnora plagiata is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in Africa.
Temnora spiritus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to Congo, Uganda, and western Kenya.
Temnora rattrayi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests in Congo and Uganda.
Temnora zantus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests in Congo and Uganda.
Temnora wollastoni is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Liberia, east to the Central African Republic and then south to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo and Gabon.
Temnora pylas is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Temnora pseudopylas is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is very common in eastern and southern Africa, but absent in very dry habitats.
Temnora pylades is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi.