Temnora iapygoides

Temnora iapygoides
Temnora iapygoides
Scientific 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 Sphingidae family. 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 18-22 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. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Temnora/iapygoides.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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