Marumba juvencus

Marumba juvencus is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1912.

Marumba juvencus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Marumba
Species:
M. juvencus
Binomial name
Marumba juvencus
Synonyms
  • Marumba juvencus brunea (Diehl, 1982)

Distribution

It is known from Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests

Description

The species is very similar to Marumba sperchius and Marumba tigrina .

  • Male, dorsal view
  • Male, ventral view

References
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Marumba juvencus Rothschild & Jordan". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved January 11, 2019.


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