Temnora murina

Temnora murina
Temnora murina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Temnora
Species: T. murina
Binomial name
Temnora murina
Walker, 1856[1]
Synonyms
  • Diodosida murina Walker, 1856
  • Ocyton tyrrhus Boisduval, 1875

Temnora murina is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from South Africa.[2]

The forewing outer margin is evenly convex and only very slightly excavated below apex and above the tornus. The forewing upperside ground colour is pale greyish-brown. The subbasal, antemedian and postmedian bands are double and curved and the submarginal band is represented by a double row of vein-dots. The outer margin has a dark spot below the apex. The hindwing upperside is brownish-orange with a brown marginal band.

References

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