Temnora zantus

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

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

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)
gollark: It's cheaper than buying flagships which will last maybe a bit longer than that.
gollark: Generally I just buy cheap £100 phones from disreputable small manufacturers and hope they won't break in 2 years or so.
gollark: https://mashable.com/article/oneplus-smartphone-facebook-pre-installed/?europe=true
gollark: And they used to make cheap flagship-y phones, but now just make... flagship-priced flagship phones.
gollark: OnePlus bad. Did you know they ship Facebook stuff as a system app now?

References
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  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 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.