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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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Hadena
Species:	H. syriaca
Binomial name
Hadena syriaca (Osthelder, 1933)
Synonyms
Harmodia lepida syriaca Osthelder, 1933 Dianthoecia osthelderi Draudt, 1933

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

The larvae probably feed on capsules of Caryophyllaceae species.

Subspecies

• Hadena syriaca podolica (Iran)
• Hadena syriaca imitaria
• Hadena syriaca petroffi (Egypt)
• Hadena syriaca quetta

External links

• Hadeninae of Israel

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