Caradrina

Caradrina
Caradrina kadenii
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subtribe: Caradrinina
Genus: Caradrina
Ochsenheimer, 1816
Synonyms
  • 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. These include Paradrina and Platyperigea, which some authors treat as separate genera. By 1989, it comprised 189 described species.

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