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Temnora plagiata is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in Africa.[2]

Temnora plagiata
Temnora plagiata, male, upperside. Zambia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Temnora
Species:	T. plagiata
Binomial name
Temnora plagiata Walker, 1856[1]
Synonyms
Aspledon dicanus Boisduval, 1875 Lophuron maculatum Rothschild, 1894 Panacra confusa Walker, 1856

The length of the forewings is 21–23 mm (0.83–0.91 in). The forewing outer margin is bisinuate, strongly convex in the middle and feebly denticulate. The underside of the abdomen has two series of brown dots. The forewing upperside has a conspicuous strongly curved brown antemedian band, a discal spot, and a dark brown ring with a pale centre. There is also a large sharply defined quadrangular costal patch. The hindwing upperside is brownish-orange, the submarginal line brown, running continuous from the costa to the tornus but more weakly marked between veins. The marginal band is pale brown.

Subspecies

• Temnora plagiata plagiata (South Africa)
• Temnora plagiata fuscata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (wooded habitats from Malawi to east and central Kenya and southern Ethiopia)

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