Marumba gaschkewitschii
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Marumba |
Species: | M. gaschkewitschii
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Marumba gaschkewitschii is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in eastern Asia (see subspecies section).
Description
The wingspan is 70–92 mm.
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Marumba gaschkewitschii echephron ♂ MHNT
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Marumba gaschkewitschii echephron ♂ △ MHNT
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Marumba gaschkewitschii echephron ♀ MHNT
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Marumba gaschkewitschii echephron ♀ △ MHNT
Biology
Adults are on wing from mid May to late August in Korea. There are one to three generations per year.
Larvae have been recorded on Eriobotrya japonica and various Malus, Prunus and Pyrus species. It is considered a pest on Prunus mume. Most hostplant are from the Rosaceae family, but there are also records for ssp. irata feeding on Salix. There is also a confirmed records on Ziziphus mauritiana and Prunus armeniaca.
Subspecies
- Marumba gaschkewitschii gaschkewitschii (lowlands of eastern China, from Beijing and Shandong south to the Yangtze River)
- Marumba gaschkewitschii complacens (central and south-eastern China, from Ningxia and Shaanxi south to Sichuan, then east to Shanghai, Zhejiang and Fujian and south through Guangdong, Hong Kong and Guangxi to northern Vietnam)
- Marumba gaschkewitschii echephron (Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima, Yakushima))
- Marumba gaschkewitschii carstanjeni (south-eastern Russian Far East, Khabarovsk Kray, Kamchatka; Primorskiy Kray, Korean Peninsula, north-eastern China, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Beijing)
- Marumba gaschkewitschii irata (Nepal, through north-eastern India and southern Tibet to Yunnan and northern Vietnam)
- Marumba gaschkewitschii gressitti (Nantou Hsien, Puli, Hualien Hsien, Taroko National Park)
- Marumba gaschkewitschii discreta (Transbaikalia, Chita (Edinenie, Onon River), central and western Mongolia (Hovd Province), Övö-Hangaj Province (Hovd), Vostochnyy Aimak)
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Marumba gaschkewitschii gressitti ♂ MHNT
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Marumba gaschkewitschii gressitti ♂ △ MHNT
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Marumba gaschkewitschii gressitti ♀ MHNT
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Marumba gaschkewitschii gressitti ♀ △ MHNT
References
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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