Temnora iapygoides ( Holland , 1889 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 186-187

Temnora iapygoides ( Holland, 1889)

COMMON NAME (S): Hawk moth, Sphinx moth or Hornworm.

SYNONYM(S): Ocyton preussi Karsch, 1891b ; Pterogon clementsi Rothschild, 1894 ; Temnora pernix Kernbach, 1962 . IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon,

Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province; Ndola, in Copperbelt Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval hostplants include one Rubiaceae species ( Psychotria peduncularis (Salisb.) Steyerm. ) and one

Loganiaceae species ( Strychnos usambarensis Gilg ex Engl. ) in Côte d’Ivoire ( Vuattoux et al. 1989). The

Rubiaceae species ( Psychotria peduncularis (Salisb.) Steyerm. ) and the Loganiaceae species ( Strychnos usambarensis Gilg ex Engl. ) are also named as larval foodplants of the taxon by the African Moths

(2019) webpage. SOURCES: African Moths 2019; D’Abrera 1987; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Vuattoux et al. 1989.