Temnora rattrayi
Appearance
Temnora rattrayi | |
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Upper side view of a female Temnora rattrayi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Temnora |
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.
Subspecies
[edit]- Temnora rattrayi rattrayi
- Temnora rattrayi hassoni Cadiou, 2003 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
References
[edit]- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ^ 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.