Marumba spectabilis

Species of moth

Marumba spectabilis

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

M. spectabilis

Binomial name
Marumba spectabilis

(Butler, 1875)[1]

Synonyms

* Triptogon spectabilis Butler, 1875
* Marumba spectabilis chinensis Mell, 1922
* Marumba spectabilis tonkini Clark, 1933

Marumba spectabilis, the rosey swirled hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875.

## Distribution

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It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India, southern China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak) and Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi).[2]

## Description

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The wingspan is 94–118 mm. It is more rufous brown than other Marumba species.

* Male dorsal

* Male ventral

## Biology

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There are three generations per year in northern Guangdong.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Meliosma rigida.[3]

## Subspecies

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* Marumba spectabilis spectabilis
* Marumba spectabilis malayana Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Sundaland)

* Male M. s. malayana, dorsal view

* Male M. s. malayana, ventral view

## References

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1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
2. ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Marumba spectabilis spectabilis (Butler, 1875) -- Rosey swirled hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
3. ^ "Marumba spectabilis Butler". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved December 16, 2018.

Taxon identifiers

Marumba spectabilis|

* Wikidata: Q2330164
* BioLib: 624021
* BOLD: 93364
* CoL: 737HQ
* EoL: 507011
* GBIF: 1861712
* iNaturalist: 319938
* IRMNG: 10803647
* LepIndex: 54266
* NCBI: 1652086
* Open Tree of Life: 3093058

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