About Hadena silenes Hübner, 1822
Hadena silenes Hübner, 1822 (previously referred to as E. silenes Hbn., sejuncta H.-Sch.) has the following physical characteristics. The forewing is ochreous white suffused with red-brown. The claviform stigma is black. The orbicular and reniform structures are large, with brown centers surrounded by white rings. The submarginal line is white, and has black wedge-shaped marks positioned in front of it. The hindwing is brown, darkening deeper in tone toward the termen.
The larva is pale red-brown. It has fine whitish-grey dorsal and subdorsal lines. Its lateral stripe is broad and whitish. Its spiracles are white with black rings. The larvae feed on the seeds of multiple Silene species. This is a South European species, recorded in southern France, Italy, Spain, Sicily, Hungary and Macedonia. It also occurs in Armenia, Palestine, and Mesopotamia.
