Temnora marginata

Species of moth

Temnora marginata

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

T. marginata

Binomial name
Temnora marginata

(Walker, 1856)[1]

Synonyms

* Darapsa marginata Walker, 1856
* Diodosida brunnea Rothschild, 1894

Temnora marginata is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is known from savannah and woodland in eastern and southern Africa.[2]

The length of the forewings is 21–23 mm.

## Subspecies

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* Temnora marginata marginata
* Temnora marginata comorana Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Comoro Islands)

## References

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1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. 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.

Taxon identifiers

Temnora marginata|

* Wikidata: Q2252309
* AfroMoths: TEMNMARG
* BioLib: 651716
* BOLD: 74696
* CoL: 7BPJW
* EoL: 504042
* GBIF: 1863505
* iNaturalist: 697015
* IRMNG: 11088444
* LepIndex: 56051
* NCBI: 1088256
* Open Tree of Life: 3094542

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