Temnora elegans

Temnora elegans
Temnora elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Temnora
Species: T. elegans
Binomial name
Temnora elegans
(Rothschild, 1895) [1]
Synonyms
  • Diodosida elegans Rothschild, 1895

Temnora elegans is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from western Africa and in savanna from Angola to Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and East Africa.[2]

The length of the forewings is 18-21 mm. It is easily distinguished from all other Temnora by the combination of the strongly dentate outer margins of the forewings and hindwings and the almost entirely bright orange hindwing upperside. The hindwing upperside has a narrow sharply-marked brown marginal band. The hindwing underside is dull orange shaded with grey, with a brown marginal band.

Subspecies

  • Temnora elegans elegans (western Africa)
  • Temnora elegans polia Rothschild, 1904 (savanna from Angola to Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and East Africa)

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Temnora/elegans.html. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 
  2. ^ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Biodiversitylibrary.org. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/jeanhs/XXVI%20No.3%20(115)_1_1967_Carcasson.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 
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