Hadena syriaca is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Italy, the Balkans, south-eastern Europe, Turkey, Transcaucasia, Israel, Syria and Jordan, Iran, Pakistan and Egypt.
| Hadena syriaca | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Hadena |
| Species: | H. syriaca
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| Binomial name | |
| Hadena syriaca (Osthelder, 1933)
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Adults are on wing from February to May. There is one generation per year.
The larvae probably feed on capsules of Caryophyllaceae species.
Subspecies
edit- Hadena syriaca podolica (Iran)
- Hadena syriaca imitaria
- Hadena syriaca petroffi (Egypt)
- Hadena syriaca quetta
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