MARUMBA GASCHKEWITSCHII ECHEPHRON (Boisduval, [1875])

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

TAXONOMY

Smerinthus echephron Boisduval, [1875], in: Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid. Hétérocères) 1: 21. Type locality: Japan.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Resting Marumba gaschkewitschii echephron, Japan. Photo: © Kenichiro Nakao.

ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME

Japan: 14.v-29.vii (Honshu); 25.v-7.vii (Hokkaido); 26.v (Shikoku); 23.vii (Tsushima).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM: Pale, translucent jade green at first, but developing a yellow sheen; oval (2.00 x 1.4mm), shiny and smooth.


Egg of Marumba gaschkewitschii echephron, Japan. Photo: © Tony Pittaway.

LARVA:

Full-grown larva of Marumba gaschkewitschii echephron, Japan. Photo: © Kenji Yamamoto.

PUPA:

Larval hostplants. Recorded from many species of Prunus, including P. armeniaca, P. grayana, P. japonica, P. mume, P. salicina as well as Eriobotrya japonica, Kerria japonica, Malus halliana and Malus pumila. There are also reports of Buxus microphylla, Euonymus alatus and Weigela coraeensis.


PARASITOIDS


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

Japan: Hokkaido (Kushiro); Honshu (Nashimoto; Tokyo; Yokohama; Nii-jima; Fujisawa; Bushi; Mitsunime; Kiyosato, 1300m); Shikoku (Shioemachi); Kyushu; Tsushima (Izuhara); Yakushima.


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Endemic to Japan.


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

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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