Temnora zantus

Temnora zantus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
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

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.