Hadena sancta
Hadena sancta | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Hadena |
Species: | H. sancta
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Binomial name | |
Hadena sancta (Staudinger, 1859)
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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[]
Categories:
- Hadena
- Moths of Europe
- Moths of Africa
- Moths of Asia
- Moths described in 1859
- Hadenini stubs