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Marumba maackii

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Marumba maackii
Marumba maackii maackii, female, upperside. Russia, Ussuri, Gusevsky River
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Marumba
Species:
M. maackii
Binomial name
Marumba maackii
(Bremer, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Smerinthus maackii Bremer, 1861
  • Marumba maackii bipunctata O. Bang-Haas, 1936
  • Marumba maackii jankowskioides O. Bang-Haas, 1936

Marumba maackii, the Manchurian hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Russian Far East, north-eastern China, North Korea, South Korea and Hokkaido in northern Japan.

The wingspan is 78–96 mm.

There is one main generation in the Russian Far East with adults on wing from June to late July.

The larvae feed on Tilia species, including particularly Tilia amurensis, Tilia japonica, Tilia platyphyllos and Tilia tomentosa.

Subspecies

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  • Marumba maackii maackii (Russian Far East, northeastern China, North Korea, South Korea and northern Japan (Hokkaido))[2]
  • Marumba maackii ochreata Mell, 1935 (Tianmu Mountains of Zhejiang in China)[3]

References

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  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Marumba maackii maackii (Bremer, 1861) -- Manchurian hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  3. ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Marumba maackii ochreata Mell, 1935 -- Manchurian hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.