MARUMBA GASCHKEWITSCHII GRESSITTI Clark, 1937

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

TAXONOMY

Marumba gaschkewitschi [sic] gressitti Clark, 1937, Proc. New Engl. zool. Club 16: 29. Type locality: Formosa [Taiwan, Nantou Hsien], Hori [Puli].


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Male Marumba gaschkewitschii gressitti, Taiwan. Photo: © Felix Lin.

Wingspan: 80--85mm.


ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME

Taiwan: v-vi (Hualien Hsien).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM:

LARVA: Full-fed 75--83mm.

PUPA: 40mm.

Larval hostplants.


PARASITOIDS

Unknown.


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

Taiwan: Nantou Hsien (Puli); Hualien Hsien (Taroko National Park).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Endemic to Taiwan.


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

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION

Holarctic; eastern Palaearctic region. Pleistocene refuge: Monocentric -- Taiwan refugium.


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