Temnora zantus

Temnora zantus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Temnora
Species:	T. zantus
Binomial name
	Temnora zantus; (Herrich-Schaffer, 1854)[1]
Synonyms
	Aspledon dorus Boisduval, 1875; Enyo excisa Walker, 1856; Lophura zantus Herrich-Schäffer, 1854; Temnora brunnescens Clark, 1919; Pseudenyo zantus apiciplaga Karsch, 1891;

Temnora zantus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests in Congo and Uganda.^[2]

It is superficially similar to Temnora atrofasciata, but the forewing outer margin is crenulated and the forewing upperside has a pale apical area separated from the dark brown median area by a distinct narrow white line and beyond which is a line of dark brown spots. The forewing inner margin is deeply concave before the tornus. The abdominal tergites have a white dot on the lower edges. The abdominal sternites have two rows of blackish spots.

Subspecies

Temnora zantus zantus (South Africa)
Temnora zantus apiciplaga (Karsch, 1891) (Cameroon to Uganda and western Kenya)
Temnora zantus curvilimes Hering, 1927 (forest and woodland from Zimbabwe and Mozambique to Malawi, Tanzania and the coast of Kenya)

References

↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
↑ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.

[2] "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.