Hadena silenes (Hübner, 1822)


Hadena silenes: Female (e.l. Northern Greece, Siatista, larva in May May 2008) [S] Hadena silenes: Female (e.l. Northern Greece, Siatista, larva early May 2008) [S] Hadena silenes: Female (e.l. Northern Greece, Siatista, larva in early May 2008) [S] Hadena silenes: Male (e.l. Northern Greece, Drama, larva in May 2011) [S] Hadena silenes: Male (e.l. Northern Greece, Drama, larva in May 2011) [S] Hadena silenes: Egg (Italy, Abruzzes, L'Aquila, May 2013) [M] Hadena silenes: L1 (N-Greece, Siatista, May 2008) [S] Hadena silenes: L2 (e.l. N-Greece, Siatista, May 2008) [S] Hadena silenes: L3 (e.l. N-Greece, Siatista, 2008) [N] Hadena silenes: L3 (e.l. N-Greece, Siatista, Mai 2008) [S] Hadena silenes: L3 (end of this instar, e.l. Siatista 2008) [S] Hadena silenes: Half-grown larva (Northern Greece, Drama, May 2011) [S] Hadena silenes: Half-grown larva (N-Greece, Drama, May 2011) [S] Hadena silenes: Half-grown larva (N-Greece, Drama, May 2... [S] Hadena silenes: Larva in penultimate instar (e.l. Siatista, N-Greece, 2008) [S] Hadena silenes: Larva in penultimate instar (moult rest into last instar, e.l. Siatista 2008) [S] Hadena silenes: Larva after the last moult (e.l. Siatista 2008) [S] Hadena silenes: Larva after the last moult (e.l. Siatista 2008) [S] Hadena silenes: Larva (e.l. Siatista 2008) [S] Hadena silenes: Larva (e.l. Siatista 2008) [S] Hadena silenes: Larva (e.l. Siatista 2008) [S] Hadena silenes: Larva (e.l. Siatista 2008) [S] Hadena silenes: Young larva (e.l. Italy, Abruzzes, L'Aquila, 1000m asl, Silene sample in May 2013) [S] Hadena silenes: Half-grown larva (e.l. Italy, Abruzzes, L'Aquila, 1000m asl, Silene sample in May 2013) [S] Hadena silenes: Half-grown larva (e.l. Italy, Abruzzes, L'Aquila, 1000m asl, Silene sample in May 2013) [S] Hadena silenes: Half-grown larva (e.l. Italy, Abruzzes, L'Aquila, 1000m asl, Silene sample in May 2013) [S] Hadena silenes: Larva (e.l. Italy, Abruzzes, L'Aquila, 1000m asl, Silene sample in May 2013) [S] Hadena silenes: Larva (e.l. Italy, Abruzzes, L'Aquila, 1000m asl, Silene sample in May 2013) [S] Hadena silenes: Larva (e.l. Italy, Abruzzes, L'Aquila, 1000m asl, Silene sample in May 2013) [S] Hadena silenes: Larva (e.l. Italy, Abruzzes, L'Aquila, 1000m asl, Silene sample in May 2013) [S] Hadena silenes: Larva (e.l. Italy, Abruzzes, L'Aquila, 1000m asl, Silene sample in May 2013) [S] Hadena silenes: Larva (e.l. Italy, Abruzzes, L'Aquila, 1000m asl, Silene sample in May 2013) [S] Hadena silenes: Larva (e.l. Italy, Abruzzes, L'Aquila, 1000m asl, Silene sample in May 2013) [S] Hadena silenes: Larva (e.l. Italy, Abruzzes, L'Aquila, 1000m asl, Silene sample in May 2013) [S] Hadena silenes: Pupa (e.l. Siatista 2008) [S] Hadena silenes: Habitat (Siatista, N-Greece, May 2008) [N] Hadena silenes: Larval habitat in the Abruzzes (L'Aquila, May 2013) [N] Hadena silenes: Larval habitat in the Abruzzes (L'Aquila, May 2013) [N]

Host plants:
The larvae live on Silene. I found young larvae in early May 2008 and mid-May 2011 in flowers of Silene tenuiflora (low-growing, winter-annual species) in Northern Greece.

Habitat:
Hadena silenes inhabits preferably nutrient-poor, dry grasslands, rocky slopes and similar dry-warm, extensively managed habitats.

Life cycle:
The pupa hibernates often several times and the moths fly rather early from April to May The caterpillars are already detectable in early May and are expected to be found until June or early July.

Endangerment factors:
Hadena silenes might lose many sites due to agricultural intensification and overbuilding.

Remarks:
The distribution ranges from central Spain across Mediterranean Southern France to the western and southern Balkan Peninsula (north to southern Slovakia) and the Black Sea. Outside Europe, it occurs in Turkey and from the Near East to Turkmenistan.



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