Temnora crenulata

Species of moth

Temnora crenulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Temnora
Species:
T. crenulata
Binomial name
Temnora crenulata
(Holland, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ocyton crenulata Holland, 1893

Temnora crenulata is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to Congo, Uganda and western Kenya, with an isolated population in the Usambara Mountains of north-eastern Tanzania.[2]

Description

The length of the forewings is 22–28 mm.

Subspecies

  • Temnora crenulata crenulata
  • Temnora crenulata obsoleta Darge, 2004 (Tanzania)

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  2. ^ Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Further reading

  • Owen, D.F. (1972). "Species diversity in tropical Sphingidae and a systematic list of species collected in Sierra Leone". Journal of Natural History. 6 (2): 177–194. doi:10.1080/00222937200770171. ISSN 0022-2933.
  • Owen, D. F. (2009). "Species diversity and seasonal abundance in tropical Sphingidae (Lepidoptera)". Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London A. 44 (10–12): 162–168. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3032.1969.tb00823.x. ISSN 0375-0418.
  • Kingston, A. J.; Nummelin, M. (1998). "Seasonality and Abundance Of Sphingids in a Garden on the Lower Slopes of the Uluguru Mountains in Morogoro Township in Tanzania". Journal of East African Natural History. 87 (1): 213–220. doi:10.2982/0012-8317(1998)87[213:SAAOSI]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0012-8317.
Taxon identifiers
Temnora crenulata


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