Marumba jankowskii

Marumba jankowskii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Marumba
Species: M. jankowskii
Binomial name
Marumba jankowskii
(Oberthur, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Smerinthus jankowskii Oberthür, 1880
  • Marumba jankovskii Kuznetsova, 1906
  • Marumba jankowskii bergmani Bryk, 1946

Marumba jankowskii is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from south-eastern Russian Far East, north-eastern China, North Korea, South Korea and Japan.[2]

The wingspan is 68–80 mm. It is similar to Marumba maackii, but the hindwing upperside costal and distal areas are not yellow. Adults are on wing from early June to late August in Korea.

The larvae feed on Tilia species, including Tilia mandshurica.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.