Hadena syriaca

Hadena syriaca is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Italy, the Balkans, south-eastern Europe, Turkey, Transcaucasia, Israel, Syria and Jordan, Iran, Pakistan and Egypt.

Hadena syriaca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Hadena
Species:
H. syriaca
Binomial name
Hadena syriaca
(Osthelder, 1933)
Synonyms
  • Harmodia lepida syriaca Osthelder, 1933
  • Dianthoecia osthelderi Draudt, 1933

Adults are on wing from February to May. There is one generation per year.

The larvae probably feed on capsules of Caryophyllaceae species.

Subspecies

  • Hadena syriaca podolica (Iran)
  • Hadena syriaca imitaria
  • Hadena syriaca petroffi (Egypt)
  • Hadena syriaca quetta


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