Editha

This article is about the wasp genus. For the historical figure, seeEadgyth.For the Anglo-Saxon saint, seeEadgyth (disambiguation).

Editha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Crabronidae
Subtribe:	Bembicina
Genus:	Editha J. Parker, 1929
Species
Editha adonis Editha caesarea Editha diana Editha fuscipennis Editha integra Editha magnifica Editha pulcherrima

Edithais a small genus of large, brightly coloredsand wasps,restricted toSouth America.They are specializedpredatorsofbutterflies,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

• 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.