| Marumba sperchius | (Ménétriés, 1857) |
TL: Japan
Similar species
88 - 138 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
EnglishLarge Swirled Hawkmoth 
日本語クチバスズメ
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Fagaceae Castanea Chestnut Fagaceae Castanea crenata Japanese chestnut Fagaceae Castanopsis Chinquapin Fagaceae Lithocarpus Stone oak Fagaceae Lithocarpus edulis Japanese Stone Oa Fagaceae Quercus Oak Fagaceae Quercus acuta Japanese Evergreen Oak Fagaceae Quercus acutissima Sawtooth oak Fagaceae Quercus glauca Ring-cupped Oak Fagaceae Quercus mongolica Mongolian Oak Fagaceae Quercus myrsinifolia Bamboo-leaf oak Fagaceae Quercus salicina Fagaceae Quercus serrata Jolcham oak Juglandaceae Juglans Walnut tree Juglandaceae Juglans mandshurica Manchurian walnut Juglandaceae Juglans regia Persian Walnut Rosaceae Eriobotrya japonica Loquat
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- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Smerinthus sperchius Ménétriés, 1857 Triptogon albicans Butler, 1875 Triptogon gigas Butler, 1875 Triptogon piceipennis Butler, 1877 Smerinthus michaelis Oberthür, 1886 Marumba scotti Rothschild, 1920
- Links
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Language Website Authors Japanese Moths 
Lepiforum e. V. Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic Tony Pittaway Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory Ian Kitching
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