Cadra reniformis

Cadra reniformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Cadra
Species:	C. reniformis
Binomial name
	Cadra reniformis; Horak, 1994 [1] [2]

Last updated March 17, 2019

Cadra reniformis is a species of snout moth in the genus Cadra . It was described by Marianne Horak in 1994.^[1] It is found along the northern coast of Australia from Townsville to Darwin, mainly in monsoon forest.

The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera. The latest review by Eugene G. Munroe & Solis, in Kristensen (1999) retains the Crambidae as a full family of Pyraloidea.

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 in non-entomological sources. Cadra and Ephestia belong to the huge snout moth subfamily Phycitinae, and therein to the tribe Phycitini.

Marianne Horak 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 of Ogmograptis were discovered.

The wingspan is 15–17 mm for males and 11–18 mm for females. The head, thorax, forewing and abdomen are finely speckled with white-tipped, grey scales.^[3]

The wingspan 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 60.93 metres, and a wandering albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of 3.63 metres, the official record for a living bird. The term wingspan, more technically extent, is also used for other winged animals such as pterosaurs, bats, insects, etc., and other fixed-wing aircraft such as ornithopters. In humans, the term wingspan also refers to the arm span, which is distance between the length from one end of an individual's arms to the other when raised parallel to the ground at shoulder height at a 90º angle. Former professional basketball player Manute Bol stands at 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) and owns one of the largest wingspans at 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m).

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References

1 2 "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
↑ Savela, Markku. "Cadra Walker, 1864". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
↑ Horak, M., 1994: A review of Cadra Walker in Australia: Five new native species and the two introduced pest species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae). Australian Journal of Entomology33 (3): 245-262. doi : 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1994.tb01225.x. Full article: ^[dead link ]

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[Pyraloidea_db-1] 1 2 "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 21, 2017.

[2] Savela, Markku. "Cadra Walker, 1864". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 21, 2017.

[3] Horak, M., 1994: A review of Cadra Walker in Australia: Five new native species and the two introduced pest species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae). Australian Journal of Entomology33 (3): 245-262. doi : 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1994.tb01225.x. Full article: ^[dead link ]