Temnora plagiata | |
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Temnora plagiata, male, upperside. Zambia. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Temnora |
Species: | T. plagiata |
Binomial name | |
Temnora plagiata | |
Synonyms | |
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Temnora plagiata is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in Africa. [2]
The length of the forewings is 21–23 mm (0.83–0.91 in). The forewing outer margin is bisinuate, strongly convex in the middle and feebly denticulate. The underside of the abdomen has two series of brown dots. The forewing upperside has a conspicuous strongly curved brown antemedian band, a discal spot, and a dark brown ring with a pale centre. There is also a large sharply defined quadrangular costal patch. The hindwing upperside is brownish-orange, the submarginal line brown, running continuous from the costa to the tornus but more weakly marked between veins. The marginal band is pale brown.
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Temnora scitula is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from the Gambia to Congo, Angola and Uganda. There is an isolated population in eastern Tanzania.
Temnora nitida is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar.
Temnora inornatum is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from South Africa.
Temnora murina is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from South Africa.
Temnora namaqua is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from South Africa to Tanzania.
Temnora elegans is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from western Africa and in savanna from Angola to Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and East Africa.
Temnora palpalis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar.
Temnora avinoffi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Nigeria to Cameroon and Gabon.
Temnora curtula is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests in Congo, Uganda and western Kenya.
Temnora spiritus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to Congo, Uganda, and western Kenya.
Temnora trapezoidea is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Nigeria to Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.
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 pylades is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi.