Temnora iapygoides

Temnora iapygoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Temnora
Species:
T. iapygoides
Binomial name
Temnora iapygoides
(Holland, 1889)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ocyton iapygoides Holland, 1889
  • Ocyton preussi Karsch, 1891
  • Pterogon clementsi Rothschild, 1894
  • Temnora iapygoides pernix Kernbach, 1962

Temnora iapygoides is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to Congo and Uganda, as well as Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and from Tanzania to the Kenya coast.[2]

The length of the forewings is 18โ€“22 mm. It is similar to Temnora eranga, but the forewing upperside is lacking subapical cream markings and the postmedian cream translucent spot. Furthermore, the abdominal sternites are without white spots.

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2011-10-25.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ 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): 1โ€“173 โ€“ via Biodiversity Heritage Library.