Hadena sancta

Hadena sancta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Hadena
Species:	H. sancta
Binomial name
Hadena sancta (Staudinger, 1859)
Synonyms
Dianthoecia sancta Staudinger, 1859 Hadena protai Berio, 1978 Polia trisagittata Rothschild, 1914 Hadena trisagittata tripolensis Berio, 1978 Hadena trisagittata

Hadena sancta is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Spain, Corsica, Sardinia, Malta, North Africa, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Cyprus, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Adults are on wing from March to May in one generation in Israel.

The larvae feed on the seeds of Silene species.

Subspecies[]

• Hadena sancta sancta (Libya, Algeria)
• Hadena sancta protai (Italy)
• Hadena sancta turca (Turkey)
• Hadena sancta cypriaca (Cyprus)
• Hadena sancta atrifusa

External links[]

• Hadeninae of Israel