Cadarena
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Tribe: | Margaroniini |
| Genus: | Cadarena Moore, 1886 |
| Species: | C. pudoraria
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| Cadarena pudoraria (Hübner, 1825)
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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[edit]
- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2020). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- ^ a b De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cadarena pudoraria (Hübner, 1825)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- ^ "Cadarena pudoraria (Hübner, 1825)". African Moths. Retrieved March 23, 2020.