Parum

Single-species genus of moths

For the village in Iran, see Parum, Iran.

Parum colligata

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)[1]

Synonyms

(Species)

* Daphnusa colligata Walker, 1856
* Metagastes bieti Oberthür, 1886
* Parum colligata saturata Mell, 1922
* Parum colligata tristis Bryk, 1944

Parum is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. It is monotypic, witth a single species, Parum colligata, that was first described by Francis Walker in 1856.

## Distribution

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

## Description

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The wingspan is 69–90 mm.

* Female

* Female underside

* Male

* Male underside

## Biology

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There are one or two generations per year in northern China, with adults on wing from May to July. Further 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

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Wikispecies has information related to Parum.

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.

Taxon identifiers

Parum|

* Wikidata: Q1757148
* Wikispecies: Parum
* BioLib: 272665
* BOLD: 51216
* ButMoth: 21973.0
* CoL: 92JBV
* EoL: 64370
* GBIF: 1864124
* iNaturalist: 121863
* IRMNG: 1207988
* LepIndex: 54411
* NCBI: 522859
* Open Tree of Life: 182514

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