Marumba maackii

Marumba maackii
Marumba maackii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Marumba
Species: M. maackii
Binomial name
Marumba maackii
(Bremer, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Smerinthus maackii Bremer, 1861
  • Marumba maackii bipunctata O. Bang-Haas, 1936
  • Marumba maackii jankowskioides O. Bang-Haas, 1936

Marumba maackii is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Russian Far East, north-eastern China, North Korea, South Korea and northern Japan (Hokkaido).

The wingspan is 78-96 mm. It can be distinguished from all other Marumba species by the buff-yellow colour of the costal and distal margins of the hindwing upperside. There are two spots touching and thus forming an eight-shaped marking located on the tornus.

There is one main generation in the Russian Far East with adults on wing from June to late July. However, in warm years there is a partial second generation, with adults in May or June and in August. In Korea, adults have been recorded in July and August.

The larvae feed on Tilia species, including particularly Tilia amurensis, Tilia cordata, Tilia platyphyllos and Tilia tomentosa.

Subspecies

  • Marumba maackii maackii (Russian Far East, northeastern China, North Korea, South Korea and northern Japan (Hokkaido))[2]
  • Marumba maackii ochreata Mell, 1935 (Tianmu Mountains of Zhejiang in China)[3]

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Marumba/maackii.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
  2. ^ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "''Marumba maackii maackii'' at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/m_och.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
  3. ^ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "''Marumba maackii ochreata'' at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/m_maa.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
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