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Hadena silenes

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Hadena silenes
20d
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Hadena
Species:
H. silenes
Binomial name
Hadena silenes
(Hübner, 1822)
Synonyms
  • Noctua silenes Hübner, [1822]
  • Dianthoecia sejuncta Herrich-Schäffer, [1850]
  • Hadena variegata

Hadena silenes is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe, Turkey, Israel, Iran and Turkmenistan.

Description

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E. silenes Hbn. ( sejuncta H.-Sch.) (20 d). Forewing ochreous white with redbrown suffusion; claviform stigma black; orbicular and reniform large, their centres brown ringed with white; submarginal line white with black wedge-shaped marks in front of it; hindwing brown, deeper towards termen. — Larva pale redbrown; dorsal and subdorsal lines fine, whitish grey; lateral stripe broad and whitish; spiracles white with black rings ; on seeds of various kinds of Silene. A South European species, found in S. France, [Italy], Spain, Sicily, Hungary and Macedonia; also in Armenia, Palestine, and Mesopotamia.[1]

Subspecies

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  • Hadena silenes silenes
  • Hadena silenes variegata (Turkey)
  • Hadena silenes mesopotamica
  • Hadena silenes csorbai

Biology

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Adults are on wing from March to June in one generation in the Near East.

The larvae feed on the seeds of Silene and Cucubalus species.

References

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  1. ^ Warren, W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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