Temnora rattrayi
| Temnora rattrayi | |
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| Upper side view of a female Temnora rattrayi | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Species: | T. rattrayi
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| Binomial name | |
| Temnora rattrayi Rothschild, 1894[1]
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Temnora rattrayi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests in Congo and Uganda.[2]
The length of the forewings is about 16 mm for males and 17–21 mm for females. The upperside of the head, thorax and abdomen are olive-brown with a blackish brown medial line on the head and thorax. The underside of the head, thorax and abdomen underside are brownish-buff. The forewing upperside has basal and antemedian bands. There is a triangular brown band, distally bordered by a thin white line followed by a darker line. There is also a triangular patch distal to these lines not strongly contrasting with the rest of the wing. The hindwing upperside is mummy-brown, with a paler submarginal line at the tornus.
Subspecies[]
- Temnora rattrayi rattrayi
- Temnora rattrayi hassoni Cadiou, 2003 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
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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