Temnora elisabethae

Temnora elisabethae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Temnora
Species:	T. elisabethae
Binomial name
	Temnora elisabethae; Hering, 1930

Temnora elisabethae is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from Congo to Uganda.^[2]

The length of the forewings is 21–24 mm. The forewings, head and body are dark grey. The forewings have a large dark brown triangular spot at the middle of the costa. There is a smaller dark brown spot at the costa, before the apex. There are numerous irregular dark narrow transverse lines. The hindwings are uniform very dark brown. The underside is bright pinkish buff lined with fuscous. The abdominal tufts are pink.

References[]

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