Biology:Gadira (moth)
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Short description: Genus of moths
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| Gadira acerella male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Crambinae |
| Tribe: | Chiloini |
| Genus: | Gadira Walker, 1866[1] |
| Type species | |
| Gadira acerella Walker, 1866
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Gadira is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.[1] This genus is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1866 and named Gadira.[3] The type species of this genus is Gadira acerella by original monotypy.[2]
Description
Walker originally described this genus as follows:
Female. Body rather slender. Proboscis short. Palpi porrect, broad, obtuse, thickly clothed with short hairs beneath, shorter than the breadth of the head; third joint very minute. Antennae slender. Abdomen extending much beyond the hind wings. Legs rather long, moderately stout; spurs long, slender. Wings long. Fore wings narrow, hardly acute; costa hardly convex; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique.[3]
Species
The species found in this genus are:[4]
- Gadira acerella Walker, 1866
- Gadira leucophthalma (Meyrick, 1882)
- Gadira petraula (Meyrick, 1882)
References
Wikidata ☰ Q5516395 entry
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