Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Sphingidae > Smerinthinae > Sichiini > Marumba
Marumba cristata (Butler, 1875) – Common Striped Hawkmoth
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- Larval Host Plants
- Similiar species
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Marumba cristata – Common Striped Hawkmoth
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Marumba cristata (Butler, 1875) – Common Striped Hawkmoth - Litsea elongata, Machilus ichangensis and Phoebe sp. (Lauraceae) [in China] (Mell, 1922b).
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arunachal Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | ||||||||||||
| Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
References:
- OD: Triptogon cristata Butler, 1875. Descriptions of new species of Sphingidae. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 238-261. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen75zool/page/253/mode/1up?view=theater
- Marumba cristata in Rothschild L. & Jordan K, 1903. A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae. Novitates zoologicae. Vol. 9 (suppl.), 813pp.
- Bell, T.R.D & F. B. Scott. 1937. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 5. Taylor & Francis, London. Sphingidae. 537pp. Pg. 178, #40 for Marumba cristata cristata.
Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Sphingidae > Smerinthinae > Sichiini > Marumba
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2021. Marumba cristata (Butler, 1875) – Common Striped Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 2.61. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/194803/Marumba-cristata
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