Temnora elegans polia Rothschild, 1904

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 185

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C4F6-FF61-62F6-FBC4FC369FD7

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scientific name

Temnora elegans polia Rothschild, 1904
status

 

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

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Mbala, in the Northern Province ; Kafue, in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include the Rubiaceae species Psychotria capensis (Eckl.) Vatke ( African Moths

2019).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Sphingidae

Genus

Temnora

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