Temnora albilinea
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| Temnora albilinea | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Temnora |
| Species: | T. albilinea |
| Binomial name | |
| Temnora albilinea Rothschild, 1904[1] | |
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Temnora albilinea is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from Cameroon to Angola, Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2]
The length of the forewings is 25–27 mm. The body and both wings are very dark olive. The forewings are narrow and long and have a very fine curved whitish line running from the tornus to the costa. The apical area is paler. The abdominal tufts of the male are red.
