| Editha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Bembicidae |
| Subtribe: | Bembicina |
| Genus: | Editha J. Parker, 1929 |
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Editha adonis | |
Editha is a small genus of large, brightly colored sand wasps, restricted to South America. They are specialized predators of butterflies, and after capturing and paralyzing their prey, they strip the wings off before placing the bodies in an underground cell to serve as food for the wasp larva.
References
References
- Evans, Howard E. (2002). "A review of prey choice in bembicine sand wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)". Neotropical Entomology. 31 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1590/S1519-566X2002000100001.