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Potamomusa midas

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Potamomusa midas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 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.

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.[2]

References

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  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.