Temnora elisabethae

Temnora elisabethae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Temnora
Species: T. elisabethae
Binomial name
Temnora elisabethae
Hering, 1930[1]

Temnora elisabethae is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests from Congo to Uganda.[2]

The length of the forewings is 21–24 mm. The forewings, head and body are dark grey. The forewings have a large dark brown triangular spot at the middle of the costa. There is a smaller dark brown spot at the costa, before the apex. There are numerous irregular dark narrow transverse lines. The hindwings are uniform very dark brown. The underside is bright pinkish buff lined with fuscous. The abdominal tufts are pink.

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