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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

Cadarena is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae 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 and in India.

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.

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.

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