African Moths Gambia


 

Temnora elegans (Rothschild, 1895)

 

SYNONYMS


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 67
albilinea, angulosa, argyropeza, atrofasciata, avinoffi, bafutiana, bouyeri, burdoni, camerounensis, crenulata, curtula, dierli, elegans, elisabethae, engis, eranga, fumosa, funebris, grandidieri, griseata, hirsutus, hollandi, iapygoides, inornatum, kaguru, leighi, livida, magambana, marginata, masungai, merukilia, mirabilis, murina, namaqua, natalis, neodentata, nephele, nitidia, ntombi, occidentalis, orientalis, palpalis, peckoveri, plagiata, probata, prokopci, pseudopylas, pylades, pylas, radiata, rattrayi, reutlingeri, robertsoni, rotundus, rungwe, sardanus, scheveni, scitula, spiritus, stevensi, subapicalis, subrubra, swynnertoni, turlini, uluguru, wollastoni, zantus,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DRCongo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Psychotria capensis,

Temnora elegans
Upperside
 

Upperside

 
Upperside
Temnora elegans   Temnora elegans   Temnora elegans
Photo: Oxford Museum
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside (SL)
Temnora elegans   Temnora elegans   Temnora elegans
 
 
Upperside
 
Upperside ssp polia
 
Underside (SL)
Temnora elegans   Temnora elegans   Temnora elegans
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Live (SL)
 
Live (SL)
 
Distribution Map
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