Temnora angulosa

Species of moth

Temnora angulosa

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Sphingidae
Genus:  | Temnora
Species:  |

T. angulosa

Binomial name
Temnora angulosa

Rothschild & Jordan, 1906[1]

Synonyms

* Temnora bicolor Gehlen, 1951

Temnora angulosa is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Nigeria to Congo.[2]

The length of the forewings is about 32 mm. It is an unmistakable species. The forewing outer margin is straight except for a bluntly triangular projection. The forewing upperside is distinctly bicoloured, dark brown basally and grey-brown distally, these areas divided by a distinct irregular line running from the middle of the costa to the tornus.

## References

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1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. 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.1-173&rft.date=1967&rft.aulast=Carcasson&rft.aufirst=R.+H.&rft_id=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51111621#page/279/mode/1up&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Temnora+angulosa" class="Z3988">

Taxon identifiers

Temnora angulosa|

* Wikidata: Q2341715
* Wikispecies: Temnora angulosa
* AfroMoths: TEMNANGU
* BioLib: 651692
* BOLD: 93683
* CoL: 559ZV
* EoL: 406237
* GBIF: 1863541
* IRMNG: 10628953
* LepIndex: 56011
* NCBI: 1088238
* Open Tree of Life: 3093769

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