Temnora subapicalis | |
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Temnora subapicalis subapicalis, female, upperside. Kenya, B.E.A., Escarpment | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Temnora |
Species: | T. subapicalis |
Binomial name | |
Temnora subapicalis | |
Temnora subapicalis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from highland forest in central Kenya and also in Zimbabwe. [2]
The length of the forewings is about 24 mm for males and 26 mm for females. It is similar to Temnora griseata griseata but the upperside of the head has a dark brown median longitudinal crest, the forewing apex and tornus are more acute and the outer margin is more deeply excavated below the apex. The forewing upperside ground colour is dark brown and the pattern of transverse lines is more contrasted.
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.
Temnora burdoni is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Tanzania.
Temnora angulosa is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Nigeria to Congo.
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 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 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 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 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 hollandi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from Nigeria to Congo and Uganda.
Temnora rattrayi 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.