Biology:Temnoripais

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Short description: Genus of moths

Temnoripais
Temnoripais lasti 1894.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Subtribe: Macroglossina
Genus: Temnoripais
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species:
T. lasti
Binomial name
Temnoripais lasti
(Rothschild, 1894)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pterogon lasti Rothschild, 1894

Temnoripais is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, consisting of one species, Temnoripais lasti, which is known from Madagascar .[2]

The forewing upperside has a rather broad and brown basal band. Thepostmedian line is angled. The discal spot is minute and white. The hindwing upperside is basally yellow, the median band is orange, diffuse and merges distally into the wide blackish marginal band.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012143338/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Temnoripais/lasti.html. Retrieved 2011-10-26.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51111621#page/279/mode/1up. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1591031 entry