Temnora albilinea

Temnora albilinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Temnora
Species: T. albilinea
Binomial name
Temnora albilinea
Rothschild, 1904[1]
Synonyms
  • Temnora albilinea obscurascens Strand, 1913

Temnora albilinea is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests from Cameroon to Angola, Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2]

The length of the forewings is 25–27 mm. The body and both wings are very dark olive. The forewings are narrow and long and have a very fine curved whitish line running from the tornus to the costa. The apical area is paler. The abdominal tufts of the male are red.

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