MARUMBA MAACKII OCHREATA Mell, 1935 -- Manchurian hawkmoth

Male Marumba maackii ochreata. Photo: © NHMUK. Male Marumba maackii ochreata. Photo: © NHMUK. Male Marumba maackii ochreata, Tianmu Shan, Zhejiang, China: leg. Mell, 1937. Photo: © Tony Pittaway, SIES

TAXONOMY

Marumba maacki [sic] ochreata Mell, 1935, Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 20: 351. Type locality: China, Chekiang [Zhejiang], East Tien mo shan [Tianmu Shan], near Lin, 30.1°N 119.4°E, 1500-1600m.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION


ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME

China: 25.v-17.vii (Zhejiang).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM:

LARVA:

PUPA:

Larval hostplants. Unknown, but probably species of Tilia; at least four species are known from the Tianmu Shan.


PARASITOIDS


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Zhejiang (Tianmu Shan, 1500-1600m); ?Yunnan (near Weixi).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Endemic to the mountains of central-southen China. The individuals from Yunnan may turn out to be Marumba maacki maacki (Bremer, 1861) once barcodes are analysed, with populations extending south along the foothills of the Tibetan Plateau in a manner similar to Laothoe amurensis sinica (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903).


Global distribution of Marumba maackii ochreata. Map: © NHMUK.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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