Marumba maackii, the Manchurian hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Russian Far East, north-eastern China, North Korea, South Korea and Hokkaido in northern Japan.
| Marumba maackii | |
|---|---|
| |
| Marumba maackii maackii, female, upperside. Russia, Ussuri, Gusevsky River | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Marumba |
| Species: | M. maackii
|
| Binomial name | |
| Marumba maackii | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
The wingspan is 78–96 mm.
There is one main generation in the Russian Far East with adults on wing from June to late July.
The larvae feed on Tilia species, including particularly Tilia amurensis, Tilia japonica, Tilia platyphyllos and Tilia tomentosa.
Subspecies
editReferences
edit- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Marumba maackii maackii (Bremer, 1861) -- Manchurian hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Marumba maackii ochreata Mell, 1935 -- Manchurian hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
 | This Smerinthini-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |