Temnora spiritus

Temnora spiritus
Temnora spiritus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Temnora
Species: T. spiritus
Binomial name
Temnora spiritus
(Holland, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ocyton spiritus Holland, 1893
  • Temnora spiritus parvus Kernbach, 1963

Temnora spiritus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to Congo, Uganda and western Kenya.[2]

The length of the forewings is 19-20 mm. It is similar in shape and markings to Temnora plagiata plagiata but much paler overall, dark buff to creamy buff. The forewing outer margin is denticulate and the apex truncate-sinuate. The forewing upperside has a costal patch which is narrower than in Temnora plagiata plagiata. The hindwing is shaded with burnt amber-brown. The marginal band is brown

Subspecies

  • Temnora spiritus spiritus
  • Temnora spiritus akissi Pierre, 1989 (Nigeria)

References

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