Temnora reutlingeri

Temnora reutlingeri
Temnora reutlingeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Temnora
Species: T. reutlingeri
Binomial name
Temnora reutlingeri
(Holland, 1889)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ocyton reutlingeri Holland, 1889

Temnora reutlingeri is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Nigeria to Gabon.[2]

It is similar to Temnora griseata ugandae and shows the same dimorphism in forewing upperside pattern, but it differs in forewing upperside ground colour, which is brownish, and in characters of the genitalia.

Subspecies

  • Temnora reutlingeri reutlingeri
  • Temnora reutlingeri bousqueti Darge, 1989 (Bioko)

References

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