Marumba saishiuana

Marumba saishiuana
Male dorsal
Male ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
Genus:Marumba
Species: M. saishiuana
Binomial name
Marumba saishiuana
Okamoto, 1924[1]
Synonyms
  • Marumba fujinensis Zhu & Wang, 1997
  • Marumba spectabilior Mell, 1935

Marumba saishiuana is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution

It is known from south-eastern China, southern South Korea, Japan (Tsushima Island), northern Thailand, northern Vietnam and Taiwan.

Description

The wingspan is 75–85 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July in Korea.

Subspecies

  • Marumba saishiuana saishiuana (south-eastern China, southern South Korea, Japan (Tsushima Island), northern Thailand and northern Vietnam)[2]
  • Marumba saishiuana formosana Matsumura, 1927 (Taiwan)[3]

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 AR; Kitching I. "''Marumba saishiuana saishiuana'' at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  3. Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "''Marumba saishiuana formosana'' at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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