Temnora pseudopylas

Species of moth

Temnora pseudopylas

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

T. pseudopylas

Binomial name
Temnora pseudopylas

(Rothschild, 1894)[1]

Synonyms

* Lophuron pseudopylas Rothschild, 1894
* Lophuron brisaeus Wallengren, 1865
* Temnora congoi Clark, 1936

Temnora pseudopylas is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is very common in eastern and southern Africa, but absent in very dry habitats.[2]

The length of the forewings is 20–22 mm and the wingspan is 42–49 mm.

The larvae feed on Pentas bussei.

## Subspecies

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* Temnora pseudopylas pseudopylas
* Temnora pseudopylas latimargo Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Comoro Islands)
* Temnora pseudopylas leptis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Sierra Leone)

## References

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1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. 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 pseudopylas|

* Wikidata: Q2090693
* Wikispecies: Temnora pseudopylas
* AfroMoths: TEMNPSEU
* BioLib: 651728
* BOLD: 70746
* CoL: 7BPB3
* EoL: 614802
* GBIF: 1863552
* iNaturalist: 697016
* IRMNG: 10803133
* NCBI: 1088264
* Open Tree of Life: 3094204

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