Adira is a genus of beetles in the family Coccinellidae. It was first described by Gordon & Almeida, 1986
Description The genus is known only from the Americas, and Adira clarkii has been recorded on host plants of the Aristolochiaceae family. It is morphologically similar to the Mada and Damatula genera. Species grow between 4.5 and 6.3 centimetres in length, and the elytra are usually orange to brown in colour.
Taxonomy Adira contains nine species.
Adira clarkii (Crotch, 1874) - Brazil Adira gossypiata (Mulsant, 1850) - Bolivia Adira gossypioides (Gordon, 1975) - Panama, Colombia Adira inexculta (Gordon, 1975) - Bolivia Adira nucula (Weise, 1902) - Peru Adira obscurocincta (Klug, 1829) - Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina Adira richteri (Gordon, 1975) - Colombia Adira subcincta (Mulsant, 1850) - Colombia Adira tomentosa (Mulsant, 1850) - Brazil, French Guiana
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