Potamomusa midas

Potamomusa midas is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881.[1] It is found in Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Yakushima Islands), China (south to Hubei), the Russian Far East (Amur, Ussuri) and Korea.

Potamomusa midas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Potamomusa
Species:
P. midas
Binomial name
Potamomusa midas
(Butler, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Cataclysta midas Butler, 1881
  • Margarosticha midas
  • Neocataclysta midas

The length of the forewings is 8.2–9.7 mm for males and 9.1–14 mm for females.

Full-grown larvae reach a length of 20–34 mm. They have a whitish body and a blackish head with pale spots.[2]

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Yoshiyasu, Y. 1985: A systematic study of the Nymphulinae and the Musotiminae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Scientific Reports of the Kyoto Prefectural University Agriculture, Kyoto 37: 1–162.


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