Hadena silenes
Species of moth
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hadena silenes is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe, Turkey, Israel, Iran and Turkmenistan.
_(6119681575).jpg)
| Hadena silenes | |
|---|---|
| |
| 20d | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Hadena |
| Species: | H. silenes |
| Binomial name | |
| Hadena silenes (Hübner, 1822) | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Description
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
- Hadena silenes silenes
- Hadena silenes variegata (Turkey)
- Hadena silenes mesopotamica
- Hadena silenes csorbai
