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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Temnora |
| Species: | T. crenulata |
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| Temnora crenulata (Holland, 1893) | |
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Temnora crenulata is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to Congo, Uganda and western Kenya, with an isolated population in the Usambara Mountains of north-eastern Tanzania.
Description
The length of the forewings is 22–28 mm.
Subspecies
- Temnora crenulata crenulata
- Temnora crenulata obsoleta Darge, 2004 (Tanzania)
References
- "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Further reading
- Owen, D.F. (1972). "Species diversity in tropical Sphingidae and a systematic list of species collected in Sierra Leone". Journal of Natural History. 6 (2): 177–194. doi:10.1080/00222937200770171. ISSN 0022-2933.
- Owen, D. F. (2009). "Species diversity and seasonal abundance in tropical Sphingidae (Lepidoptera)". Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London A. 44 (10–12): 162–168. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3032.1969.tb00823.x. ISSN 0375-0418.
- Kingston, A. J.; Nummelin, M. (1998). "Seasonality and Abundance Of Sphingids in a Garden on the Lower Slopes of the Uluguru Mountains in Morogoro Township in Tanzania". Journal of East African Natural History. 87 (1): 213–220. doi:10.2982/0012-8317(1998)87[213:SAAOSI]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0012-8317.
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