Temnora natalis Walker, 1856b

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 187

Temnora natalis Walker, 1856b ( Fig. 31 )

COMMON NAME (S): Natal Temnora Hawkmoth or Natal Temnora . SYNONYM(S): Temnora kafakumbae Clark, 1936 . IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province; Chililabombwe, in Copperbelt Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants of the taxon include an unidentified Loganiaceae species ( Strychnos sp. ,) ( Pinhey 1975). The

African Moths (2019) webpage identifies the Loganiaceae species, Strychnos henningsii Gilg , as the larval foodplant of the taxon. SOURCES: African Moths 2019; D’Abrera 1987; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Pinhey 1975.

Figures

FIGURES 29–31. Adult moths. 29a, Usta terpsichore (Maassen, 1885)—Cavorting Emperor (Saturniidae: Saturniinae). Riverside Motel (RIMO), Kafue, 7 November 2010, dorsal view; 29b, ditto ventral view. 30a. Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)—Death’s Head Hawkmoth (Sphingidae: Smerinthiinae) collected with a black light trap in Lusaka, 2 May, 2011, dorsal view; 30b, ditto, ventral view. 31, Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)—Convolvulus Hawk (Sphingidae: Sphinginae), 31a, live specimen 1, 24th November 2009; 31b, live specimen 2, same locality data. Scale bar 2 cm. © Kind permission of the University of Zambia.