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Cadarena
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Cadarena

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).

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1 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Purple-edged Pearl

speciesCadarena pudoraria

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 354468.