Hadena silenides (Staudinger, 1795)


Hadena silenides: Male (e.l. Fuerteventura, February 2011, emerged in late January 2012) [S] Hadena silenides: Male (e.l. Fuerteventura, February 2011, emerged in late January 2012) [S] Hadena silenides: Male (e.l. Fuerteventura, February 2011, emerged in late January 2012) [S] Hadena silenides: Male (e.l. Fuerteventura, February 2011, adult emerged in late January 2012) [S] Hadena silenides: Male (e.l. Fuerteventura, February 2011, adult emerged in late January 2012) [S] Hadena silenides: Male (e.l. Fuerteventura, February 2011, adult emerged in late January 2012) [S] Hadena silenides: Female (e.l. Fuerteventura 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Female (e.l. Fuerteventura 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Young larva (Fuerteventura, February 2011) [M] Hadena silenides: Young larva (Fuerteventura, February 2011) [M] Hadena silenides: Young larva (Fuerteventura, February 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Young larva (Fuerteventura, February 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Half-grown larva (Fuerteventura, February 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Half-grown larva (Fuerteventura, February 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Half-grown larva (Fuerteventura, February 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Half-grown larva (Fuerteventura, February 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Half-grown larva (Fuerteventura, e.l. February 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Half-grown larva (Fuerteventura, e.l. February 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Half-grown larva (Fuerteventura, e.l. February 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Half-grown larva (Fuerteventura, e.l. February 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Larva (Fuerteventura, e.l. February 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Larva (Fuerteventura, e.l. February 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Larva (Fuerteventura, e.l. February 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Larva (Fuerteventura, e.l. February 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Larva (Fuerteventura, e.l. February 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Larva (Fuerteventura, e.l. February 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Larva (Fuerteventura, e.l. February 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Larva (Fuerteventura, e.l. February 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Larva (Fuerteventura, e.l. February 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Larva (Fuerteventura, e.l. February 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Larva (Fuerteventura, e.l. February 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Pupa (e.l. Fuerteventura 2011) [S] Hadena silenides: Feeding scar at Silene tridentata: the larva erodes the capsule from a drilling hole. [S] Hadena silenides: Silene tridentata, an important host plant in Fuerteventura (February 2011) [N] Hadena silenides: Larval habitat in Fuerteventura in February 2011: Silene tridentata at the foot of arid slopes (vicinity of Betancuria) [N]

Host plants:
The caterpillar lives on Silene species. In Fuerteventura, I found them in February 2011 on Silene tridentata.

Habitat:
Hadena silenides colonized dry warm, semi-desert-like terrain.

Life cycle:
Hadena silenides is fitted in the spring therophyts of the semi-deserts. The moths fly in late winter and spring. The caterpillars feed in the spring on the usually annual Pink species. In February 2011, I found in Fuerteventura the young caterpillars on the edge of rocky slopes in the flowers of Silene tridentata. The pupa survives the hot, dry summer period until the next late winter/spring.

Remarks:
Hadena silenides occurs in north Africa, on some Canary Islands (Fuerteventura) and in Europe in Southern Spain.



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