Hadena sancta
| Hadena sancta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Hadena |
| Species: | H. sancta |
| Binomial name | |
| Hadena sancta (Staudinger, 1859) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hadena sancta is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. 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
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