African Moths Gambia


 

Temnora marginata (Walker, 1856)

Marginate Temnora.

SYNONYMS
Darapsa marginata, Diodosida brunnea,


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
Comoros,
Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Psychotria capensis,

Temnora marginata
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside
 
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Distribution map
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Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Photo B. Wursten