Temnora avinoffi

Species of moth

Temnora avinoffi

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

T. avinoffi

Binomial name
Temnora avinoffi

Clark, 1919[1]

Temnora avinoffi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Nigeria to Cameroon and Gabon.[2]

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 edged basally with a pale coloration. It is however immediately distinguishable by the shape of the outer margin of the forewing, which is strongly convex and strongly crenulated. The forewing upperside has a purple flush distal of the oblique line. The forewing underside is black basally, light brown apically and the submarginal line is irregular. The hindwing upperside is black and unicolorous. The hindwing underside is light brown, with faint wavy dark brown median, postmedian and submarginal lines.

## Subspecies

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* Temnora avinoffi avinoffi
* Temnora avinoffi biokoensis Darge, 1989 (Bioko)

## References

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1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2011-10-25. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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.

Taxon identifiers

Temnora avinoffi|

* Wikidata: Q2378153
* Wikispecies: Temnora avinoffi
* AfroMoths: TEMNAVIN
* BioLib: 651695
* BOLD: 75881
* CoL: 93QQL
* EoL: 888045
* GBIF: 1863533
* IRMNG: 11216097
* LepIndex: 56017
* NCBI: 1088240
* Open Tree of Life: 3093410

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