Temnora sardanus

Temnora sardanus
T. s. sardanus, Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Temnora
Species:
T. sardanus
Binomial name
Temnora sardanus
(Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Enyo sardanus Walker, 1856
  • Diodosida uniformis Rothschild, 1894

Temnora sardanus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests and heavy woodland from Sierra Leone to Congo and Angola, then to Zimbabwe and East Africa.

The length of the forewings is 19–21 mm for males and 23–25 mm for females.

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  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.