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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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Description edit
Warren states darker and greyer [ than Hadena perplexa as E. nisus Germ. (21 a). Like irregularis, buffgrey brown without the paleochreous tinge; submarginal line dentate and preceded by long dentate black marks; claviform stigma definite but small and brown; hindwing fuscous. The type form is from Sicily only] with the stigmata filled in with brown, occurs in Spain.[1]
Subspecies edit
- Hadena sancta sancta (Libya, Algeria)
- Hadena sancta protai (Italy)
- Hadena sancta turca (Turkey)
- Hadena sancta cypriaca (Cyprus)
- Hadena sancta atrifusa
Biology edit
Adults are on wing from March to May in one generation in Israel.
The larvae feed on the seeds of Silene species.
References edit
- ^ 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
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