Temnora rattrayi

Temnora rattrayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Temnora
Species: T. rattrayi
Binomial name
Temnora rattrayi
Rothschild, 1894[1]

Temnora rattrayi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests in Congo and Uganda.[2]

The length of the forewings is about 16 mm for males and 17–21 mm for females. The upperside of the head, thorax and abdomen are olive-brown with a blackish brown medial line on the head and thorax. The underside of the head, thorax and abdomen underside are brownish-buff. The forewing upperside has basal and antemedian bands. There is a triangular brown band, distally bordered by a thin white line followed by a darker line. There is also a triangular patch distal to these lines not strongly contrasting with the rest of the wing. The hindwing upperside is mummy-brown, with a paler submarginal line at the tornus.

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