MARUMBA IRATA Joicey & Kaye, 1917

TAXONOMY

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

Synonym. Marumba dalailama Eitschberger, 2012, Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 68: 71.

Synonym. Marumba fickleri Eitschberger, 2012, Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 68: 71.

Synonym. Marumba gaschkewischi [sic] fortis Jordan, 1929, Novit. Zool. 35: 85-86.

Synonym. Marumba lisa Eitschberger & Ihle, 2012, Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 68: 70.

Synonym. Marumba namphuongae Eitschberger & Hoa Binh Nguyen, 2012, Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 68: 72.

Note. Previously regarded as a subspecies of Marumba gaschkewitschii (Bremer & Grey, 1853). Now considered to be a distinct species (Eitschberger, 2012).

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); Yunnan.

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

From Myanmar/Burma and southern Xizang/Tibet (China) to Yunnan (China) and northern Vietnam (at high altitude).

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION