''Cadarena'' is a
monotypic
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moth genus of the family
Crambidae
The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies includ ...
erected by
Frederic Moore in 1886. Its only species, ''Cadarena pudoraria'', was
first described by
Jacob Hübner in 1825. It occurs throughout tropical and subtropical
Africa
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and in
India
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.
The adults of this species have a wingspan of around .
A known larval food plants are of the genera ''
Gossypium
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'' and ''
Adenia
''Adenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It is distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. '' and the species ''
Sida rhombifolia
''Sida rhombifolia'', commonly known as arrowleaf sida, is a perennial or sometimes annual plant in the Family Malvaceae, native to the Old World tropics and subtropics. Other common names include rhombus-leaved sida, Paddy's lucerne, jelly le ...
''.
"''Cadarena pudoraria'' (Hübner, 1825)"
''African Moths''. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
References
Spilomelinae
Crambidae
Crambidae genera
Monotypic moth genera
Moths of Africa
Moths of Asia
Moths of the Comoros
Moths of Madagascar
Moths of Réunion
Moths of Seychelles
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
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