Marumba jankowskii

Marumba jankowskii is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Charles Oberthür in 1880. It is known from south-eastern Russian Far East, north-eastern China, North Korea, South Korea and Japan.[2]

Marumba jankowskii
From Primorsky Krai
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

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 T. mandshurica.

The species is named after the collector Michał Jankowski.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Marumba jankowskii (Oberthür, 1880)". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.


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