Caradrina

Caradrina
Caradrina kadenii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subtribe: Caradrinina
Genus: Caradrina
Ochsenheimer, 1816
Synonyms[1]
  • Amphidrina Staudinger, [1892]
  • Platyperigea Smith, 1894
  • Platyperiga Smith, 1894
  • Eremodrina Boursin, 1937
  • Paradrina Boursin, 1937
  • Hymenodrina Boursin, 1937
  • Pseudophyllophila Berio, 1977
  • Boursinidrina Hacker, 2004
  • Kalchbergiana Hacker, 2004
  • Levantrina Hacker, 2004
  • Weigertrina Hacker, 2004

Caradrina is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae, erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816 and divided into eight subgenera.[2] These include Paradrina and Platyperigea, which some authors treat as separate genera. By 1989, it comprised 189 described species.[3]

  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (May 30, 2020). "Caradrina Ochsenheimer, 1816". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Kazemi, E. and A. Shirvani. (2012). A checklist of Caradrina Ochsenheimer, 1816 (Lep.: Noctuidae, Xyleninae) of Iran. Archived May 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Natura Montenegrina, Podgorica 11(3) 443-53.
  3. ^ Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Caradrina Ochsenheimer, 1816". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved March 28, 2018.