Marumba poliotis

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Marumba poliotis
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Marumba poliotis male underside
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Marumba
Species:
M. poliotis
Binomial name
Marumba poliotis
Hampson, 1907 [1]

Marumba poliotis is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from India.

It is a small, grey species. There are shades of pale grey and pale brown on the forewing upperside, crossed by crenulated and irregular transverse lines.

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References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2011-11-01.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.