Marumba cristata
| Marumba cristata | |
|---|---|
 ![]()  | |
 ![]()  | |
| Marumba cristata bukaiana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Family: | Sphingidae | 
| Genus: | Marumba | 
| Species: | M. cristata | 
| Binomial name | |
|  Marumba cristata Butler, 1875[1]  | |
| Synonyms | |
  | |
Marumba cristata is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from the Himalaya, through Nepal and north-east India, southern and central China to western Malaysia (Sundaland).
Description
The wingspan is 100–124 mm.
- 

Marumba cristata titan ♂ MHNT
 - 

Marumba cristata titan ♂ △ MHNT
 - 

Marumba cristata titan ♀ MHNT
 - 

Marumba cristata titan ♀ △ MHNT
 
Biology
- Adults are on wing in June and July in China.
 - Larvae have been recorded on Lisea elongata, Machilus ichangensis and Phoebe (Lauraceae) species.
 
Subspecies
- Marumba cristata cristata (from Himachal Pradesh (India) across Nepal and northeastern India to southern, central and northern China, northern Thailand, Laos and northern Vietnam)
 - Marumba cristata bukaiana Clark, 1937 (endemic to Taiwan)
 - Marumba cristata titan Rothschild, 1920 (Malaysia)
 
References
- ↑ Butler (1875) Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 253 non vidi. Described as Triptogon cristata.
 - ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
 
External links
- Marumba cristata cristata at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palearctic
 - Marumba cristata bukaiana at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palearctic
 
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, January 18, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.
.jpg)
