Cadarena is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae erected by Frederic Moore in 1886.[1] Its only species, Cadarena pudoraria, was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It occurs throughout tropical and subtropical Africa and in India.[2]
A known larval food plants are of the genera Gossypium and Adenia and the species Sida rhombifolia.[2][3]