Hadena silenes

Hadena silenes is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe, Turkey, Israel, Iran and Turkmenistan.

Description

E. silenes Hbn. . 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, , Spain, Sicily, Hungary and Macedonia; also in Armenia, Palestine, and Mesopotamia.

Subspecies

Hadena silenes silenes
Hadena silenes variegata
Hadena silenes mesopotamica
''Hadena silenes csorbai''

Biology

Adults are on wing from March to June in one generation in the Near East.
The larvae feed on the seeds of Silene and Cucubalus species.