Cadra

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Pyraloidea

Familia: Pyralidae
Subfamilia: Phycitinae
Tribus: Phycitini
Genus: Cadra
Species: C. acuta – C. calidella – C. cautella – C. corniculata – C. figulilella – C. furcatella – C. moheliella – C. perfasciata – C. rectivittella – C. reniformis – C. rugosa
Name

Cadra Walker, 1864

Type species: Cadra defectella Walker, 1864 (= Pempelia cautella Walker, 1863) by monotypy.
Synonyms

Xenephestia Gozmány, 1958. TS: Pempelia cautella Walker, 1863. by original designation.

References

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 Entomology 33 (3): 245–262. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1994.tb01225.x. Full article: [1]
Leraut, P.J.A. 2002a. Contribution à l'étude des Phycitinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 19(2): 141–177. Reference page.

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.

Cadra species can usually be recognized by their reduced forewing venation: veins 4, 7 and 9 are missing, making for a total of nine veins in the forewing. Some members of this genus are significant pests of dry plant produce, such as seeds and nuts. The almond moth (C. cautella) is a well-known example of these.[1]
Species

Species of Cadra include:[2]

Cadra abstersella (Zeller, 1847)
Cadra acuta Horak, 1994
Cadra calidella (Guenée, 1845) – dried fruit moth, carob moth
Cadra cautella – almond moth
Cadra corniculata Horak, 1994
Cadra delattinella Roesler, 1965
Cadra figulilella – raisin moth
Cadra furcatella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1849)
Cadra furcatella afflatella
Cadra furcatella calonella
Cadra perfasciata Horak, 1994
Cadra reniformis Horak, 1994
Cadra rugosa Horak, 1994

Footnotes

Clarke (1986)

"GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 21, 2017.

References

Clarke, John Frederick Gates (1986): Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 416: 1-485. PDF full text (214 MB!)
Savela, Markku (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms – Cadra. Version of 14 April 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2010.