Marumba spectabilis
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| From Borneo | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Marumba |
| Species: | M. spectabilis |
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| Marumba spectabilis | |
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Marumba spectabilis, the rosey swirled hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875.
Distribution
It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India, southern China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak) and Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi).[2]
Description
The wingspan is 94–118 mm. It is more rufous brown than other Marumba species.
Male dorsal
Male ventral
Biology
There are three generations per year in northern Guangdong.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Meliosma rigida.[3]
Subspecies
- Marumba spectabilis spectabilis
- Marumba spectabilis malayana Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Sundaland)
Male M. s. malayana, dorsal view
Male M. s. malayana, ventral view
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Marumba spectabilis spectabilis (Butler, 1875) -- Rosey swirled hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ↑ "Marumba spectabilis Butler". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved December 16, 2018.