Cadarena
Cadarena | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Cadarena Moore, 1886[1] |
Species: | C. pudoraria |
Binomial name | |
Cadarena pudoraria (Hübner, 1825) | |
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Cadarena is a monotypic genus of moths of the Crambidae family. The only species of this genus is Cadarena pudoraria.
This species occurs throughout of 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 foodplant is Adenia sp..[3]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- ↑ afromoths.net
- ↑ Africanmoths: distribution map for Africa & pictures
- Hübner, J. 1816–[1826]. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432