Marumba cristata

Marumba cristata

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Marumba
Species:	M. cristata
Binomial name
*Marumba cristata* Butler, 1875^[1]
Synonyms
Triptogon cristata Butler, 1875^[2] Marumba cristata jodeides d'Abrera, 1987 Marumba cristata ochrea Mell, 1922

Marumba cristata is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from the Himalaya, through Nepal and north-east India, southern and central China to western Malaysia (Sundaland).

The wingspan is 100-124 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July in China.

Larvae have been recorded on Lisea elongata, Machilus ichangensis and Phoebe (Lauraceae) species.

Subspecies

Marumba cristata cristata (from Himachal Pradesh (India) across Nepal and northeastern India to southern, central and northern China, northern Thailand, Laos and northern Vietnam)
Marumba cristata bukaiana Clark, 1937 (endemic to Taiwan)
Marumba cristata titan Rothschild, 1920 (Malaysia)

References

^ Butler (1875) Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 253 non vidi. Described as Triptogon cristata.
^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Marumba/cristata.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

Marumba cristata

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