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Hadena magnolii

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Hadena magnolii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Hadena
Species:
H. magnolii
Binomial name
Hadena magnolii
(Boisduval, 1829)
Synonyms
  • Polia magnolii Boisduval, 1829
  • Miselia nummosa Eversmann, 1844
  • Harmodia magnolii f. flavofasciata Draudt, 1934

Hadena magnolii is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Morocco, Algeria, south-eastern Europe, Turkey, Israel and Lebanon, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kirghizia.

Description

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Warren states H. magnolii Bdv. (= nummosa Er., conspurcata H. Sch. ?) (18 e). Forewing olive fuscous, somewhat purplish-tinged, and dusted with white; lines black, edged with bluish-white ; claviform stigma of ground colour, edged with black; orbicular round, white-ringed, distinct; reniform less clear, partially white-edged; hindwing fuscous, paler towards base, with dark cellspot and outer lne. Portugal, S. France, Italy, Switzerland,Dalmatia, Austria, Russia; Armenia, Asia Minor, W. Turkestan. Larva greyish yellow, darker at sides; dorsal line dark brown, geminate; the subdorsal stripes dark; lateral line pale; head yellow brown; on Silene nutans. [1]

Subspecies

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  • Hadena magnolii magnolii
  • Hadena magnolii fabiani

Biology

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

The larvae feed on the flowers and seeds of Silene nutans and other Silene 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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