Temnora mirabilis

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Temnora mirabilis
Temnora mirabilis, female, upperside. Kenya, Hoeysbridge (5 mile radius).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Temnora
Species:
T. mirabilis
Binomial name
Temnora mirabilis
Talbot, 1932[1]

Temnora mirabilis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Kenya and Rwanda.[2]

The length of the forewings is about 27 mm. The forewing upperside ground colour is very dark brown or black with veins highlighted creamy-white. The antemedian and postmedian lines are also creamy-white and run continuous from the inner margin to the costa.

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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