Hadena sancta
# Hadena sancta

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.

## Description

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.

## Subspecies

* Hadena sancta sancta (Libya, Algeria)
* Hadena sancta protai (Italy)
* Hadena sancta turca (Turkey)
* Hadena sancta cypriaca (Cyprus)
* Hadena sancta atrifusa

## Biology

Adults are on wing from March to May in one generation in Israel.

The larvae feed on the seeds of Silene species.

