Biology:Hadena clara

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Short description: Species of moth

Hadena clara
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Hadena
Species:
H. clara
Binomial name
Hadena clara
(Staudinger, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Draudt, 1936 Staudinger, 1901
  • Wiltshire, 1947 Dianthoecia hyrcana
  • Dianthoecia caesia var. clara Draudt, 1933
  • Harmodia caesia transiens Harmodia gladys

Hadena clara is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Morocco, southern Europe, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, the Caucasus region, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Iran.

Description

Warren states E. clara Stgr. Forewing ochreous whitish, dusted with dark; the lines fairly distinct; the stigmata obscure; hindwing ochreous white, the termen tinged with fuscous. Turkestan; — ab. celebrata Alph. [now Dichagyris celebrata ] is a dark form with the markings plainer, while ab. verecunda Pung. (7e) [now Dichagyris verecunda] is altogether paler and marked only by two dark costal spots.[1]

Subspecies

  • Hadena clara macedonica (Macedonia)
  • Hadena clara gladys (northern Iran)
  • Hadena clara weissi (Caucasus)
  • Hadena clara alpina (France)
  • Hadena clara dujardini (France)
  • Hadena clara nevadensis (Spain)
  • Hadena clara atlantis (Morocco)

Biology

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

The larvae probably feed on capsules of Caryophyllaceae species.

References

  1. Warren, W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5637743 entry