MARUMBA GASCHKEWITSCHII IRATA Joicey & Kaye, 1917

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

TAXONOMY

Marumba irata Joicey & Kaye, 1917, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 20: 305. Type locality: [China,] "Thibet" [probably western Sichuan].


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION


ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME


EARLY STAGES

OVUM:

LARVA:

PUPA:

Larval hostplants.


PARASITOIDS


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Xizang/Tibet (Nyingchi, Namjagbarwa region, 3050m; Bomi, 2750m; Zayü, 3000m); Sichuan.


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

From Nepal through northeastern India and southern Xizang/Tibet (China) to Sichuan (China) and northern Vietnam (at high altitude).


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

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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