''Cadra corniculata'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''

Cadra ''Cadra'' is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. The genus ''Ephestia'' is closely related to ''Cadra'' and might be its senior synonym. Several of these moths are variously assigned to one or the other genus, in particular ...

''. It was described by

Marianne Horak Marianne Horak (born 1944) is a Swiss-Australian entomologist who specialises in Australian Lepidoptera, particularly the phycitine and tortricid moths. She also did important research on the scribbly gum moths, during which eleven new species o ...

in 1994. It is found in western

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...

is 15–18 mm for males and 14–17 mm for females. Adults are light grey, strongly sprinkled with white., 1994: A review of ''Cadra'' Walker in Australia: Five new native species and the two introduced pest species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae). ''Australian Journal of Entomology'' 33 (3): 245-262. . Full article

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Phycitini Moths described in 1994 Taxa named by Marianne Horak Moths of Australia {{Phycitini-stub