''Potamomusa midas'' is a
moth in the family
Crambidae. It was described by
Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is found in
Japan
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(Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Yakushima Islands),
China
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(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.
[ 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.
References
Acentropinae
Moths described in 1881
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