Hadena perplexa (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Species
Last modified: Oct. 4, 2023, 4:57 p.m.
A very rare, local and declining species in Belgium, nowadays (2000) only known from LG.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Noctuidae > Subfamily: Hadeninae > Tribus: Hadenini > Genus: Hadena > Subgenus: Anepia > Species: Hadena perplexa
- Vernacular names
- Variabele silene-uil (NL), Tawny Shears (EN), La Noctuelle carpophage (FR), Leimkraut-Nelkeneule (DE)
- Synonyms
- Hadena lepida (Esper, 1790), nec (Cramer, 1777)
- First mention in Belgium
- Colbeau J. 1871. Assemblée mensuelle du 4 février 1871. — Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 14: xvii. On page xvii.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan: 27–36 mm.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
The larva lives on the seed capsules of various species of the food plant.
They hibernate as a pupa in an underground cocoon.
The adults come to light and sugar.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations a year from May till late August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Silene maritima, Silene nutans, Melandrium album and Silene vulgaris
Species of Silene, but especially on Silene vulgaris.
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