Marumba gaschkewitschii

Marumba gaschkewitschii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Marumba
Species: M. gaschkewitschii
Binomial name
Marumba gaschkewitschii
(Bremer & Grey, 1853)[1]
Synonyms
  • Smerinthus gaschkewitschii Bremer & Grey, 1853
  • Marumba gaschkevitshi Kuznetsova, 1906
  • Marumba omei Clark, 1936
  • Marumba fortis Jordan, 1929
  • Smerinthus heynei Austaut, 1892
  • Smerinthus maasseni Staudinger, 1892
  • Triptogon roseipennis Butler, 1875
  • Marumba gaschkewitschii coreana Clark, 1937
  • Marumba gaschkewitschii koreumba Bryk, 1946
  • Smerinthus gaschkewitschii carstanjeni Staudinger, 1887
  • Smerinthus gaschkewitschii complacens Walker, 1865
  • Smerinthus gaschkewitschii echephron Boisduval, 1875

Marumba gaschkewitschii is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in eastern Asia (see subspecies section).


Description

The wingspan is 70–92 mm.

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

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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