Editha

{{Short description|Genus of wasps}}

{{About|the wasp genus|the given name|Editha (given name)|the historical figure|Eadgyth|the Anglo-Saxon saint|Saint Editha (disambiguation){{!}}Eadgyth (disambiguation)}}

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{{Automatic Taxobox

| name = Editha

| taxon = Editha

| authority = J. Parker, 1929

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

Editha adonis

Editha caesarea

Editha diana

Editha fuscipennis

Editha integra

Editha magnifica

Editha pulcherrima

}}

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.