Cadarena

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]

Cadarena
Scientific 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

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. 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.