Purple-edged Pearl

Cadarena pudoraria · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Crambidae

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Purple-edged Pearl
Photo: Tommy Andriollo, CC BY

Adults have a wingspan of about 40 mm (1.6 in). The species lives across tropical and subtropical Africa and also in India.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Adults measure roughly 40 mm across the wings.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

Larvae eat plants in the cotton genus, Adenia, and Sida rhombifolia.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Purple-edged Pearl photo 2
Photo: Sunčana Bradley, CC BY
Purple-edged Pearl photo 3
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Purple-edged Pearl photo 4
Photo: Tommy Andriollo, CC BY
Purple-edged Pearl photo 5
Photo: 116916927065934112165, CC BY

Questions people ask

How large are adult Purple-edged Pearls?

Adults have a wingspan of about 40 mm (1.6 in).

Source: Wikipedia

Where is this moth found?

It lives across tropical and subtropical Africa and also in India.

Source: Wikipedia

Same family (Crambidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadarena

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Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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