MARUMBA GASCHKEWITSCHII COMPLACENS (Walker, [1865])

Female Marumba gaschkewitschii complacens. Photo: © BMNH Male Marumba gaschkewitschii complacens. Photo: © BMNH

TAXONOMY

Smerinthus complacens Walker, [1865], List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 40. Type locality: China, [Fujian,] Amoy [Xiamen].


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Male Marumba gaschkewitschii complacens, Jiucai Ling, Guizhou, China. Photo: © Viktor Sinjaev

ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME

Kendrick (2002) states that this species is possibly trivoltine in Hong Kong, with adults recorded from late February to mid March, late May, and mid September to mid October.


EARLY STAGES

OVUM:

LARVA:


Full-grown green-grey form larva of Marumba gaschkewitschii complacens. Image: Mell, 1922b Full-grown yellow form larva of Marumba gaschkewitschii complacens. Image: Mell, 1922b Full-grown pre-pupation form larva of Marumba gaschkewitschii complacens. Image: Mell, 1922b Fourth instar larva of Marumba gaschkewitschii complacens. Photo: Mell, 1922b

PUPA:


Pupa of Marumba gaschkewitschii complacens. Image: Mell, 1922b Pupa of Marumba gaschkewitschii complacens. Image: Mell, 1922b

Larval hostplants.

Prunus persica in Hong Kong.


PARASITOIDS


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Central and southeastern China, from Ningxia and Shaanxi (Yangling; Huangling; Xunyang, 1380m) south to Sichuan (Wulong, nr. Fuling; Pengshui; Emei Shan), then east to Shanghai, Zhejiang (Tianmu Shan) and Fujian (Guangze, 1200m) and south through Guangdong, Hong Kong and Guangxi (at low altitude)


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Central and southeastern China, and northern Vietnam.


Global distribution of Marumba gaschkewitschii complacens. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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