Marumba spectabilis

Marumba spectabilis
	From Borneo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Marumba
Species:	M. spectabilis
Binomial name
	Marumba spectabilis; (Butler, 1875)
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[]

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

Description[]

The wingspan is 94–118 mm. It is more rufous brown than other Marumba species. There is a strong tornal loop on the forewing upperside, as well as weak and irregular bands. There is a large orange-tawny area on the posterior part of the forewing underside. A similar orange-tawny patch is found on the termen close to tornus on the hindwing underside.

Male dorsal
Male ventral

Biology[]

There are three generations per year in northern Guangdong.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Meliosma rigida. They are bright yellowish green above the spiracles, with yellow tubercles. Below the spiracles, the body is watery green with white tubercles, separated from the dorsal part by a bright yellow subspiracular stripe that is edged ventrally by brown, most intense on the thorax, weak or absent over the abdominal segments. The oblique bands are formed by yellow or red tubercles. The horn is bright green.^[3]

Subspecies[]

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

Male M. s. malayana, dorsal view
Male M. s. malayana, ventral view

References[]

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

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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.

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