Cadarena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Tribe: Margaroniini
Genus: Cadarena
Moore, 1886
Species:
C. pudoraria
Binomial name
Cadarena pudoraria
(Hübner, 1825)
Synonyms

Generic

  • Cadarina
  • Idalia Hübner, 1825
  • Idalia Hübner, 1819

Specific

  • Idalia pudoraria Hübner, 1825
  • Phalaena Geometra marginata Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1782
  • Botys marginalis Guenée, 1854
  • Phalaena sinuata Fabricius, 1781

Cadarena is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae erected by Frederic Moore in 1886.[1] Its only species, Cadarena pudoraria, was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It occurs throughout tropical and subtropical Africa and in India.[2]

The adults of this species have a wingspan of around 40 millimetres (1.6 in).

A known larval food plants are of the genera Gossypium and Adenia and the species Sida rhombifolia.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2020). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  2. 1 2 De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cadarena pudoraria (Hübner, 1825)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Cadarena pudoraria (Hübner, 1825)". African Moths. Retrieved March 23, 2020.


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