Gadira (moth)
# Gadira (moth)

Gadira is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. This genus is endemic to New Zealand.

## Taxonomy

This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1866 and named Gadira. The type species of this genus is Gadira acerella by original monotypy.

## 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.

## Species

The species found in this genus are:

* Gadira acerella Walker, 1866
* Gadira leucophthalma (Meyrick, 1882)
* Gadira petraula (Meyrick, 1882)
