Biology:Temnora crenulata

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Short description: Species of moth


Temnora crenulata
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Temnora
Species:
T. crenulata
Binomial name
Temnora crenulata
(Holland, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ocyton crenulata Holland, 1893

Temnora crenulata is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to Congo, Uganda and western Kenya, with an isolated population in the Usambara Mountains of north-eastern Tanzania.[2]

Description

The length of the forewings is 22–28 mm.

Subspecies

  • Temnora crenulata crenulata
  • Temnora crenulata obsoleta Darge, 2004 (Tanzania)

References

Further reading

  • Owen, D.F. (1972). "Species diversity in tropical Sphingidae and a systematic list of species collected in Sierra Leone". Journal of Natural History 6 (2): 177–194. doi:10.1080/00222937200770171. ISSN 0022-2933. 
  • Owen, D. F. (2009). "Species diversity and seasonal abundance in tropical Sphingidae (Lepidoptera)". Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London A 44 (10-12): 162–168. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3032.1969.tb00823.x. ISSN 0375-0418. 
  • Kingston, A. J.; Nummelin, M. (1998). "Seasonality and Abundance Of Sphingids in a Garden on the Lower Slopes of the Uluguru Mountains in Morogoro Township in Tanzania". Journal of East African Natural History 87 (1): 213–220. doi:10.2982/0012-8317(1998)87[213:SAAOSI2.0.CO;2]. ISSN 0012-8317. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2356172 entry