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Hadena clara

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Hadena clara
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
  • Dianthoecia caesia var. clara Staudinger, 1901
  • Dianthoecia hyrcana Draudt, 1933
  • Harmodia caesia transiens Draudt, 1936
  • Harmodia gladys Wiltshire, 1947

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

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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

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  • 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

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

The larvae probably feed on capsules of Caryophyllaceae species.

References

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  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 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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