Marumba dyras

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Dull swirled hawkmoth
Marumba dryas dryas male.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Marumba
Species:
M. dyras
Binomial name
Marumba dyras
(Walker, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
  • Smerinthus dryas Walker, 1856
  • Marumba dryas Boisduval, 1875
  • Triptogon andamana Moore, 1877
  • Triptogon ceylanica Butler, 1875
  • Triptogon fuscescens Butler, 1875
  • Triptogon massuriensis Butler, 1875
  • Triptogon oriens Butler, 1875
  • Triptogon silhetensis Butler, 1875
  • Triptogon sinensis Butler, 1875
  • Smerinthus horsfieldi Moore, 1858
  • Smerinthus parallelis Moore, 1858
  • Marumba dyras ceylonica Kernbach, 1960
  • Marumba dyras handeliioides Mell, 1937
  • Marumba dyras plana Clark, 1923
  • Marumba dyras tonkinensis Clark, 1936
  • Marumba dyras digitata Dupont, 1941
  • Marumba dyras disjuncta Dupont, 1941
  • Marumba dyras sumatrana Gehlen, 1940
  • Triptogon dyras javanica Butler, 1875

Marumba dyras, the dull swirled hawkmoth, is a species of hawk moth described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in South-east and South Asia.[2]

Description[]

The wingspan is 90–125 mm. The body is pale brown. There is a dark line running from the head to the end of the abdomen. Forewing is with a sub-basal line, three antemedial lines converging towards inner margin, two oblique slightly bent post-medial lines, the outer line is obsolescent. There is another post-medial line, curved from the costa to vein 2, then recurved upwards and inwards and enclosing a red-brown spot surrounded by an indistinct line. The two curved sub-marginal lines can be seen.[3]

The hindwings are reddish brown with two red-brown spots on them. The ventral surface of the forewings with only lines on the outer half present. Ventral surface of hindwing with two post-medial straight lines and two sub-marginal curved lines.

The caterpillar is blue green with short white granular spines. There are lateral oblique streaks on the 5th to 10th somites. A black-ringed white eyespot can be found on the 4th somite. The horn is yellow. The pupa is dark red brown. The spiracles and cremaster are black.

  • Marumba dyras dyras
    male dorsal

  • Marumba dyras dyras
    male ventral

Host plants[]

The larvae feed on various deciduous trees. They can be found in , Firmiana simplex, Microcos paniculata, , Sterculia lanceolata, Hibiscus mutabilis, Microcos paniculata. In India, M. d. dyras has been recorded on Bridelia, Sapindus and Schleichera. In Laos and Thailand, caterpillars recorded from Bombax anceps, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis and Microcos paniculata plants.

Subspecies[]

  • Marumba dyras dyras (from northwestern India and Sri Lanka, east through Nepal, Myanmar, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, southern China, Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia and Taiwan)
  • Marumba dyras javanica (Butler, 1875) (Java, Sumatra)
  • Marumba dyras tenimberi Clark, 1935 (Tenimber Island)

References[]

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Marumba dyras dyras (Walker, 1856) -- Dull swirled hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  3. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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