Temnora sardanus
| Temnora sardanus | |
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| T. s. sardanus, Ghana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Temnora |
| Species: | T. sardanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Temnora sardanus | |
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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.[2]
The length of the forewings is 19–21 mm for males and 23–25 mm for females.
Subspecies
[edit]- Temnora sardanus sardanus
- Temnora sardanus canui Darge, 1991 (São Tomé & Princípe)
- Temnora sardanus hirsutus Darge, 2004 (Tanzania)
References
[edit]- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ 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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- Temnora
- Moths described in 1856
- Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa
- Lepidoptera of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Lepidoptera of Uganda
- Lepidoptera of West Africa
- Lepidoptera of Angola
- Insects of the Central African Republic
- Lepidoptera of the Republic of the Congo
- Lepidoptera of Gabon
- Lepidoptera of Tanzania
- Lepidoptera of Zimbabwe
- Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
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