| Temnora rattrayi | |
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| Upper side view of a female Temnora rattrayi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Temnora |
| Species: | T. rattrayi |
| Binomial name | |
| Temnora rattrayi Rothschild, 1894[1] | |
Temnora rattrayi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests in Congo and Uganda.[2]
The length of the forewings is about 16 mm for males and 17–21 mm for females. The upperside of the head, thorax and abdomen are olive-brown with a blackish brown medial line on the head and thorax. The underside of the head, thorax and abdomen underside are brownish-buff. The forewing upperside has basal and antemedian bands. There is a triangular brown band, distally bordered by a thin white line followed by a darker line. There is also a triangular patch distal to these lines not strongly contrasting with the rest of the wing. The hindwing upperside is mummy-brown, with a paler submarginal line at the tornus.
Subspecies
- Temnora rattrayi rattrayi
- Temnora rattrayi hassoni Cadiou, 2003 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ↑ 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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