Parum

Parum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Tribe:	Smerinthini
Genus:	Parum; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species:	P. colligata
Binomial name
	Parum colligata; (Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
	Daphnusa colligata Walker, 1856; Metagastes bieti Oberthür, 1886; Parum colligata saturata Mell, 1922; Parum colligata tristis Bryk, 1944;

Parum is monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its single species, Parum colligata, was first described by Francis Walker in 1856.

Distribution

Is found from Korea and Japan south throughout eastern and central China and Taiwan to Vietnam, northern Thailand and north-eastern Myanmar.^[2]

Description

The wingspan is 69–90 mm.

Female
Female underside
Male
Male underside

Biology

There are one or two generations per year in northern China, with adults on wing from May to July. Farther south, there may be up to four generations. Adults have been recorded from mid-May to late September in Korea. The larvae have been recorded feeding on Broussonetia kaempferi, Broussonetia papyrifera and Morus alba in Guangdong. Other recorded food plants include Broussonetia kazinoki and Maclura fruticosa.

References

^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. "Parum colligata (Walker, 1856) -- Paper-mulberry hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 12, 2018.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. "Parum colligata (Walker, 1856) -- Paper-mulberry hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 12, 2018.

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