Marumba quercus

Species of moth

Oak hawk-moth

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Sphingidae
Genus:  | Marumba
Species:  |

M. quercus

Binomial name
Marumba quercus

(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)[1]

Synonyms

* Sphinx quercus Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
* Sphinx denisii Fuessly, 1779
* Marumba quercus brunnescens Rebel, 1910
* Marumba quercus canescens (Closs, 1922)
* Marumba quercus costimaculata (O. Bang-Haas, 1938)
* Marumba quercus mesopotamica O. Bang-Haas, 1938
* Marumba quercus pallescens (Closs, 1922)
* Marumba quercus pallida (Vilarrubia, 1973)
* Marumba quercus schirasi O. Bang-Haas, 1938

Marumba quercus, the oak hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.

## Distribution

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It is found in southern Europe, North Africa, the Near East and Mesopotamia.

## Description

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The wingspan is 85–125 mm. The female is slightly larger than the male.

* Female

* Female underside

* Male

* Male underside

* Caterpillar

* Eggs

## Biology

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The larvae feed on oak species, primarily species with dry leaves such as cork oak and holm oak.

## References

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1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience – Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2011.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marumba quercus.

* Pittaway, A. R. (2018). "Marumba Moore, [1882]". Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
* "06817 Marumba quercus ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Eichenschwärmer". Lepiforum e.V. Retrieved 17 December 2018

Taxon identifiers

Marumba quercus|

* Wikidata: Q955210
* BioLib: 51162
* BOLD: 92413
* CoL: 6R7HQ
* EoL: 508989
* EPPO: MARBQU
* EUNIS: 307008
* Fauna Europaea: 443938
* Fauna Europaea (new): 5886c32b-1267-4f2b-86ff-5aa3f2316738
* GBIF: 1861673
* iNaturalist: 362831
* IRMNG: 11416203
* LepIndex: 54258
* MaBENA: MarumQuercus
* NCBI: 522842
* Observation.org: 20312
* Open Tree of Life: 706011

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