Hadena confusa (Hufnagel, 1766)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Noctuidae → subfamily Noctuinae → tribe Hadenini → subtribe Hadenina → genus Hadena → subgenus Hadena → species Hadena confusa

Species name(s)

Hadena (Hadena) confusa (Hufnagel, 1766) = Hadena nana = Phalaena confusa Hufnagel, 1766 = Noctua conspersa Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 = Bombyx annulata Fabricius, 1781 = Phalaena x-scriptum Sowerby, 1806 = Hadena (Hadena) confusa. [9, 10, 85]

Marbled Coronet.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #26. Predbaikalsky.

Forewing length

10—15 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Flight time

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Larva lifespan

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Over-wintering stage

Pupa.

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Hadena nana. [85].

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Andorra, the Balearic Islands, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland ), Corsica, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands,Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Northern Ireland, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Prealtay, of Baikal, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, South West Siberian , Southern Urals. [3].
Kazakhstan. [PC74].
The area - Europe. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Length of front wing from 1 to 1.5 cm, the color from dark gray to black-gray, mottled. [5].

General info about Imago

Habitats - the sun and the edge of the slopes. [5].

Imago lifespan

From May to July. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Clove seed scoop on stage caterpillars feed on plants clove. [5].

Larva lifespan

From July to August. [5].

Overwintering stage

In Hadena confusa pupa overwinters on the ground. Sometimes - twice. [5].

Subspecies of Hadena confusa

Hadena confusa herczigi Hacker, 1996. [9]
H. c. iliensis Hacker, 1996. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vitaly Gumenuk, Irina Nikulina.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Evgeny Komarov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[5] Райххолф-Рим Х. Бабочки. М.: Астрель, 2002
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[PC74] Evgeny Komarov