Marumba spectabilis

Marumba spectabilis
Marumba spectabilis
Marumba spectabilis. Borneo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Marumba
Species: M. spectabilis
Binomial name
Marumba spectabilis
(Butler, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
  • Triptogon spectabilis Butler, 1875
  • Marumba spectabilis chinensis Mell, 1922
  • Marumba spectabilis tonkini Clark, 1933

Marumba spectabilis is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India, southern China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak) and Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi).[2]

The wingspan is 94–118 mm. It is more rufous brown than other Marumba species. There is a strong tornal loop on the forewing upperside, as well as weak and irregular bands. There is a large orange-tawny area on posterior part of the forewing underside with. A similar orange-tawny patch is found on the termen close to tornus on the hindwing underside.

There are three generations per year in northern Guangdong.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Meliosma rigida. They are bright yellowish green above the spiracles, with yellow tubercles. Below the spiracles, the body is watery green with white tubercles, separated from the dorsal part by a bright yellow subspiracular stripe that is edged ventrally by brown, most intense on the thorax, weak or absent over the abdominal segments. The oblique bands are formed by yellow or red tubercles. The horn is bright green.[3]

Subspecies

  • Marumba spectabilis spectabilis
  • Marumba spectabilis malayana Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Sundaland)

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Marumba/juvencus.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
  2. ^ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/m_spe.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
  3. ^ "The Moths of Borneo". Arbec.com.my. http://www.arbec.com.my/moths/sphingidae/sphingidae_10_6.php. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 


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