Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Sphingidae > Smerinthinae > Sichiini > Marumba
Marumba sperchius (Ménétriés, 1857) – Large Swirled Hawkmoth
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- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- Similiar species
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Marumba sperchius – Large Swirled Hawkmoth
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Marumba sperchius (Ménétriés, 1857) – Large Swirled Hawkmoth - Quercus griffithii, Quercus incana, Quercus serrata (Fagaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
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 | ||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| Nagaland | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
References:
- http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/1882 [accessed 07 January 2019]
- http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/m_spr.htm [accessed 07 January 2019]
- OD: Smerinthus sperchius Ménétriés, 1857, Enumeratio Corporum Anim. Mus. imp. Acad. Sci. Petropolitanae (Ins. Lepid.) 2 (Lepid. Heterocera): 137. Type locality: Japan.
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-3/sphingidae/sphingidae_10_2.php [accessed 07 January 2019]
- Inoue, H., R.D. Kennett & I.J. Kitching. 1997. Moths of Thailand, Volume 2: Sphingidae. Pl. 16/49.
Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Sphingidae > Smerinthinae > Sichiini > Marumba
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Anonymous. 2021. Marumba sperchius (Ménétriés, 1857) – Large Swirled 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/356641/Marumba-sperchius
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