MORWENNIUS DECORATUS (Moore, 1872)

Female Morwennius decoratus. Photo: © BMNH Male Morwennius decoratus. Photo: © BMNH

TAXONOMY

Smerinthus decoratus Moore, 1872, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872: 568. Type locality: [India,] Sikkim.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Wingspan: 72mm.


ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME

China: 18.vii (Yunnan).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM: Unknown.

LARVA: Unknown.

PUPA: Unknown.

Larval hostplants. Unknown.


PARASITOIDS

Unknown.


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Yunnan (Menghai, 950m).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Nepal, northeastern India (Sikkim, Assam), southwestern China (Yunnan), northern Thailand, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia and Indonesia (Sumatra).


Global distribution of Morwennius decoratus. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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