Marumba sperchius

Marumba sperchius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Smerinthinae
Tribus: Smerinthini
Genus: Marumba
Species: Marumba sperchius
Subspecies: M. s. sperchius – M. s. sumatranus

Name

Marumba sperchius (Ménétriés, 1857)

Type locality: Japan.

Synonymy

• Smerinthus sperchius |Ménétriés, 1857 (original combination)
• Triptogon piceipennis Butler, 1877
  • Type locality: Yokohama, Japan
    • Syntypes: BMNH. legit Jonas.

References

• Clark, B.P. 1923. Thirty-three new Sphingidae. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 8: 47–77. full article. Reference page. 

Larval hostplants

Juglans regia, Juglans mandschurica, Quercus mongolica, Quercus acutissima, Quercus glauca, Castanea crenata, Lithocarpus edulis, Quercus myrsinifolia.

Photos

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