Biology:Temnora curtula
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Temnora |
| Species: | T. curtula
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Temnora curtula is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests in Congo, Uganda and western Kenya.[1]
The length of the forewings is 17–21 mm. The upperside of the head, thorax and abdomen is slate-grey, with a blackish-brown medial crest on the head and thorax. The underside of the palps, thorax and base of the abdomen are dirty light brown-fawn and the remainder of the abdomen is hazel-brown, while the edges of segments are more orange with a white dot on each side. The forewing upperside is slate-grey with a brown band running from the middle of the costa to below the middle of the outer margin, shading off proximally to a pale grey space. Distal of the band is a black patch which is somewhat glossy and dentate on the distal edge.
References
- ↑ Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Description of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum 26 (3): 92. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51111621.
<ref> tag with name "Jordan, 1908" defined in <references> is not used in prior text.Wikidata ☰ Q2347602 entry
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