Temnora funebris

Temnora funebris
Temnora funebris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Temnora
Species: T. funebris
Binomial name
Temnora funebris
(Holland, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
  • Diodosida funebris Holland, 1893
  • Polyptychus vumbui Stevenson, 1938

Temnora funebris is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Forests from West Africa to Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.[2]

The length of the forewings is 23-29 mm. It is very similar to Temnora marginata, but larger, the wings are longer and narrower and the termen of the forewings is much more oblique and the tornus is less prominent. The foretibia are white and abdominal tufts long and cinnamon brown (paler than the abdomen). The anal tuft is longer and more slender.

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Temnora/funebris.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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