Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Sphingidae Scientific name Marumba dyras | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Marumba Rank Species | |
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Similar Marumba spectabilis, Marumba, Theretra clotho, Marumba sperchius, Macroglossum belis | ||
Marumba dyras (dull swirled hawkmoth) is a species of hawk moth. It is found in south-east Asia and South Asia.
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Description
The wingspan is 90–125 mm. Body is pale brown in color. There is a dark line running from head to end of abdomen. Fore wing is with a sub-basal line, three antemedial lines converging towards inner margin, two oblique slightly bent post-medial lines, the outer line is obsolescent. There is another post-medial line, curved from the costa to vein 2, then recurved upwards and inwards and enclosing a red brown spot surrounded by an indistinct line. The two curved sub-marginal lines can be seen.
Hind wings are reddish brown in color with two red-brown spots on it. Ventral surface of fore wings with only lines on the outer half present. Ventral surface of hind wing with two post-medial straight lines and two sub-marginal curved lines.
Caterpillar is blue-green in color with short white granular spines. There are lateral oblique streaks on 5th to 10th somites. A black-ringed white ocellus can be found on 4th somite. Horn is yellow. Pupa is dark red-brown in color. Spiracles and cremaster are black.
Host plants
The larvae feed on various deciduous trees. They can be found in Byttneria aspera, Firmiana simplex, Microcos paniculata, Pterospermum heterophyllum, Sterculia lanceolata, Hibiscus mutabilis, Microcos paniculata. In India, M. d. dyras has been recorded on Bridelia, Sapindus and Schleichera. In Laos and Thailand, caterpillars recorded from Bombax anceps, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis and Microcos paniculata plants.