Potamomusa midas

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;

Potamomusa midas is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by 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.

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

^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
^ 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. Abstract and full article: [1].

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[1] "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. 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. Abstract and full article: [1].

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