Gadira (moth)

Gadira is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.^[1] This genus is endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

Gadira
Gadira acerella male
Scientific classification
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
Synonyms[2]
Cryptomima Meyrick, 1882 Scenoploca Meyrick, 1882

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)