Temnora albilinea

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Temnora albilinea
Temnora albilinea, female, upperside. Angola, Pungo Andongo.jpg
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
T. albilinea
Binomial name
Temnora albilinea
Synonyms
  • Temnora albilinea obscurascens Strand, 1913

Temnora albilinea is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from Cameroon to Angola, Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2]

The length of the forewings is 25–27 mm. The body and both wings are very dark olive. The forewings are narrow and long and have a very fine curved whitish line running from the tornus to the costa. The apical area is paler. The abdominal tufts of the male are red.

References[]

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.[permanent dead link]
  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.


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