Temnora
Encyclopedia
Temnora is a genus of moth
s in the Sphingidae
family.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the Sphingidae
Sphingidae
Sphingidae is a family of moths , commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms, that includes about 1,200 species . It is best represented in the tropics but there are species in every region . They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their rapid,...
family.
Species
- Temnora albilineaTemnora albilineaTemnora albilinea is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests from Cameroon to Angola, Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania....
- Rothschild 1904 - Temnora angulosaTemnora angulosaTemnora angulosa is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Nigeria to Congo.The length of the forewings is about 32 mm. It is an unmistakeable species. The forewing outer margin is straight except for a bluntly triangular projection...
- Rothschile & Jordan 1906 - Temnora argyropezaTemnora argyropezaTemnora argyropeza is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Madagascar.It is very similar to Temnora marginata marginata, but the forewing upperside is lacking the pale oblique line. The hindwing upperside is entirely dark orange-brown, lacking a brown marginal band but thinly edged...
- (Mabille 1879) - Temnora atrofasciataTemnora atrofasciataTemnora atrofasciata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Forests from western Africa to Congo and Uganda, with an apparently isolated population in the Usambara Mountains....
- (Holland 1889) - Temnora avinoffiTemnora avinoffiTemnora avinoffi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Nigeria to Cameroon and Gabon.The forewing upperside pattern is in general similar to Temnora subapicalis subapicalis in that the ground colour is dark brown and the straight oblique line runs from the middle of the costa and is...
- Clark 1919 - Temnora bouyeriTemnora bouyeriTemnora bouyeri is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.It is most similar to Temnora wollastoni and Temnora zantus zantus but the tornal lobe is broader and more rounded. The forewing outer margin is heavily crenulated...
- Cadiou, 2003 - Temnora burdoniTemnora burdoniTemnora burdoni is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Tanzania.The length of the forewings is about 22 mm. It is similar to Temnora argyropeza, but the antennae are longer and thicker, the forewings shorter and the hindwing upperside has a diffuse brown marginal band through which...
- Carcasson 1968 - Temnora camerounensisTemnora camerounensisTemnora camerounensis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Nigeria....
- Clark 1923 - Temnora crenulataTemnora crenulataTemnora crenulata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to Congo, Uganda and western Kenya, with an isolated population in the Usambara Mountains of north-eastern Tanzania....
- (Holland 1893) - Temnora curtulaTemnora curtulaTemnora curtula is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests in Congo, Uganda and western Kenya.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...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1908 - Temnora dierliTemnora dierliTemnora dierli is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Tanzania.The length of the forewings is about 18 mm. The antenna extremely long, much exceeding the discal spot. This is the longest antenna relative to forewing length of any Temnora species. The forewing are relatively short....
- Cadiou 1997 - Temnora elegansTemnora elegansTemnora elegans is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from western Africa and in savanna from Angola to Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and East Africa.The length of the forewings is 18-21 mm...
- (Rothschild 1895) - Temnora elisabethaeTemnora elisabethaeTemnora elisabethae is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests from Congo to Uganda.The length of the forewings is 21-24 mm. The forewings, head and body are dark grey. The forewings have a large dark brown triangular spot at the middle of the costa. There is a smaller dark brown...
- Hering 1930 - Temnora engisTemnora engisTemnora engis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Madagascar.It is similar to Temnora murina, but the forewing upperside lacks the subapical dark spot on the outer margin, instead there is a small rounded spot set some way back from the outer margin. Also, the inner edge of the...
- Jordan 1933 - Temnora erangaTemnora erangaTemnora eranga is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to Congo and Uganda and western Kenya.The length of the forewings is 16-18 mm. It is similar to Temnora scitula, but distinguishable by the more variegated pattern, the lack of a postmedian translucent...
- (Holland 1889) - Temnora fumosaTemnora fumosaTemnora fumosa is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in most habitats throughout Africa south of the Sahara.The length of the forewings is 22-28 mm. The forewings are olive brown to dark olive brown, with several oblique darker bands, which are less visible in dark specimens. The apical...
- (Walker 1856) - Temnora funebrisTemnora funebrisTemnora funebris is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Forests from West Africa to Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.The length of the forewings is 23-29 mm. It is very similar to Temnora marginata, but larger, the wings are longer and narrower and the termen of the forewings is...
- (Holland 1893) - Temnora grandidieriTemnora grandidieriTemnora grandidieri is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Madagascar.It is very similar to Temnora murina, but distinguishable by the dark brown base of the hindwing upperside....
- (Butler 1879) - Temnora griseataTemnora griseataTemnora griseata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests from Nigeria to southern Congo, southern Tanzania and Malawi....
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Temnora hollandiTemnora hollandiTemnora hollandi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests from Nigeria to Congo and Uganda.The length of the forewings is about 27 mm, making it the largest Temnora species. It is similar to Temnora wollastoni, but much larger and the forewing outer margin is less crenulated...
- Clark 1920 - Temnora iapygoidesTemnora iapygoidesTemnora iapygoides is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to Congo and Uganda, as well as Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and from Tanzania to the Kenya coast....
- (Holland 1889) - Temnora inornatumTemnora inornatumTemnora inornatum is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from South Africa.The length of the forewings is about 26 mm. It is similar to Temnora nitida, but the broad oblique band on the forewing upperside is narrowed and angled. The forewing upperside has an oblique brown band...
- (Rothschild 1894) - Temnora kaguruTemnora kaguruTemnora kaguru is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Tanzania.The wingspan is 37-45 mm. It is very similar to Temnora burdoni, but the ground colour of the upperside of the body and wings are a little darker brown red. The forewing outer margin is slightly more incised below the apex...
- Darge, 2004 - Temnora leighiTemnora leighiTemnora leighi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Comoro Islands.The forewing upperside is similar to Temnora fumosa fumosa, but the ground colour is pale grey, especially in the costal half of the wing. The pale grey triangular patch is diffused into a broad pale grey patch...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1915 - Temnora lividaTemnora lividaTemnora livida is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests from Gambia to Congo and Uganda.The length of the forewings is 29-34 mm, making it the largest species of the Temnora genus. The head and body are grey, with a dark median line running from the vertex to the base of the...
- Holland 1889 - Temnora marginataTemnora marginataTemnora marginata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Savanna and woodland in eastern and southern Africa.The length of the forewings is 21–23 mm. The forewing outer margin is even, excavate below the apex and above the tornus and convex between. The forewing upperside ground...
- (Walker 1856) - Temnora masungaiTemnora masungaiTemnora masungai is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Tanzania....
- Darge, 2009 - Temnora mirabilisTemnora mirabilisTemnora mirabilis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Kenya and Rwanda.The length of the forewings is about 27 mm. The forewing upperside ground colour is very dark brown or black with veins highlighted creamy-white. The antemedian and postmedian lines are also creamy-white and run...
- Talbot 1932 - Temnora murinaTemnora murinaTemnora murina is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from South Africa.The forewing outer margin is evenly convex and only very slightly excavated below apex and above the tornus. The forewing upperside ground colour is pale greyish-brown...
- Walker 1856 - Temnora namaquaTemnora namaquaTemnora namaqua is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from South Africa to Tanzania.It is similar to Temnora nitida, but the oblique band is replaced by a dark brown triangular patch on the costa that is basally edged with a pale coloration...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Temnora natalisTemnora natalisTemnora natalis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from bush and savanna from South Africa to Zimbabwe, Zambia and Tanzania.The length of the forewings is 22-24 mm...
- Walker 1856 - Temnora nepheleTemnora nepheleTemnora nephele is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and Nigeria.The length of the forewings is about 21 mm for males and 23 mm for females...
- Clark 1922 - Temnora nitidaTemnora nitidaTemnora nitida is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Madagascar.The length of the forewings is about 26 mm. It is similar to Temnora murina, but the forewing is more excavated below the apex and above the tornus and the forewing upperside has a broad olive-brown band of equal width...
- Jordan 1920 - Temnora ntombiTemnora ntombiTemnora ntombi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Ivory Coast to Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo and Gabon.The wingspan is 43-48 mm. The upperside of the head, thorax and abdomen is grey with a tint of brown. The underside of the body is yellowish grey and lighter than the...
- Darge 1975 - Temnora palpalisTemnora palpalisTemnora palpalis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Madagascar.It is similar to Temnora crenulata crenulata, but the upperside ground colour is more brownish. The forewing apex is rounded and the outer margin is convex apically and crenulated towards the tornus...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Temnora peckoveriTemnora peckoveriTemnora peckoveri is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Madagascar.The forewing upperside is very similar to Temnora fumosa fumosa, but the ground colour is darker brown so that the dark antemedian and postmedian bands are not as conspicuous. The hindwing underside ground colour is...
- (Butler 1876) - Temnora plagiataTemnora plagiataTemnora plagiata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Africa.The length of the forewings is 21-23 mm. The forewing outer margin is bisinuate, strongly convex in the middle and feebly denticulate. The underside of the abdomen has two series of brown dots...
- Walker 1856 - Temnora probataTemnora probataTemnora probata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Tanzania.The wingspan is 39-43 mm. It is very similar to Temnora burdoni, but the forewing apex and tornus and hindwing tornus are more pronounced and the middle of the forewing outer margin is very convex....
- Darge, 2004 - Temnora pseudopylasTemnora pseudopylasTemnora pseudopylas is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is very common in eastern and southern Africa, but absent in very dry habitats....
- (Rothschild 1894) - Temnora pyladesTemnora pyladesTemnora pylades is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi.The forewing are similar to Temnora pylas pylas, but the apex is more acutely pointed and the tornus is more produced backwards. The hindwing costa is slightly dilated basally...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Temnora pylasTemnora pylasTemnora pylas is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.The forewing upperside ground colour is pale brown, with darker brown transverse bands and other markings. The basal band is dark brown and the subbasal band consists of two dark brown lines separated by...
- (Cramer 1779) - Temnora radiataTemnora radiataTemnora radiata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from West Africa to Angola.It is similar to Temnora mirabilis, but lacks the continuous, evenly curved pale postmedian line on the forewing upperside....
- (Karsch 1893) - Temnora rattrayiTemnora rattrayiTemnora rattrayi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests in Congo and Uganda.The length of the forewings is about 16 mm for males and 17-21 mm for females. The upperside of the head, thorax and abdomen are olive-brown with a blackish brown medial line on the head and thorax....
- Rothschild 1894 - Temnora reutlingeriTemnora reutlingeriTemnora reutlingeri is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Nigeria to Gabon.It is similar to Temnora griseata ugandae and shows the same dimorphism in forewing upperside pattern, but it differs in forewing upperside ground colour, which is brownish, and in characters of the...
- (Holland 1889) - Temnora robertsoniTemnora robertsoniTemnora robertsoni is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Tanzania and Mozambique.The length of the forewings is about 23 mm. It is similar to the form of Temnora griseata griseata with the oblique line running from the costa, but immediately distinguishable by the conspicuous dark...
- Carcasson 1968 - Temnora rungweTemnora rungweTemnora rungwe is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Tanzania and Malawi.It is very similar to Temnora burdoni, but the antennae are slightly shorter and the forewing outer margin is more strongly excavated below the apex and above the tornus....
- Darge, 2004 - Temnora sardanusTemnora sardanusTemnora sardanus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests and heavy woodland from Sierra Leone to Congo and Angola, then to Zimbabwe and East Africa....
- (Walker 1856) - Temnora scheveniTemnora scheveniTemnora scheveni is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda.The length of the forewings is 22-23 mm. It is similar to Temnora pseudopylas pseudopylas but larger and very much darker...
- Carcasson 1968 - Temnora scitulaTemnora scitulaTemnora scitula is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests from Gambia to Congo, Angola and Uganda. There is an isolated population in eastern Tanzania.The length of the forewings is 19-23 mm...
- (Holland 1889) - Temnora spiritusTemnora spiritusTemnora spiritus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to Congo, Uganda and western Kenya.The length of the forewings is 19-20 mm. It is similar in shape and markings to Temnora plagiata plagiata but much paler overall, dark buff to creamy buff. The forewing...
- (Holland 1893) - Temnora stevensiTemnora stevensiTemnora stevensi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from forests from Sierra Leone to the southern Congo.It is similar to Temnora funebris but smaller and the forewing upperside pattern is less contrasted....
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Temnora subapicalisTemnora subapicalisTemnora subapicalis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from highland forest in central Kenya and also in Zimbabwe.The length of the forewings is about 24 mm for males and 26 mm for females...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Temnora swynnertoniTemnora swynnertoniTemnora swynnertoni is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in eastern Zimbabwe.The wingspan is 34-37 mm. It is similar to Temnora plagiata fuscata but the forewing outer margin is only slightly crenulated...
- Stevenson 1938 - Temnora trapezoideaTemnora trapezoideaTemnora trapezoidea is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Nigeria to Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.The length of the forewings is about 22 mm. It is similar to Temnora plagiata fuscata, but the costal trapezoidal patch has a distal edge roughly parallel to the outer margin giving a...
- Clark 1935 - Temnora turliniTemnora turliniTemnora turlini is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Rwanda.The wingspan is 50-52 mm. It is immediately distinguishable from all other Temnora species by the narrow diffuse pinkish-white band running from a point on the costa almost perpendicularly to the tornus...
- Darge 1975 - Temnora uluguruTemnora uluguruTemnora uluguru is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Tanzania.The wingspan is 47-50 mm. It is very similar to Temnora burdoni, but the antennae are thicker, the forewing outer margin is less incised below the apex and the upperside ground colour is more uniformly brown-red. The...
- Darge, 2004 - Temnora wollastoniTemnora wollastoniTemnora wollastoni is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Liberia, east to the Central African Republic and then south to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo and Gabon.The length of the forewings is about 22 mm...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1908 - Temnora zantusTemnora zantusTemnora zantus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests in Congo and Uganda.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...
- (Herrich-Schaffer 1854)