Their eyes are hairy. Palpi upturned and clothed with long hairs. Third joint short. Antennae of male ciliated. Thorax squarely scaled and flattened. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on proximal segments. Tibia lack spines. Wings are short and broad. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 from cell or on a very short stalk.[3]
Ecology
Hadenalarvae often feed on the seeds of plants in the family
Caryophyllaceae, the pinks, and some of the adult moths are pollinators of Silene species.[4]Hadena moths have hairy eyes.[2]
There are about 143[4] to 149 species[2] in the genus.
Zeteolyga was a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae; it is now considered to be a synonym of Hadena.
Savela, Markku.
"Hadena Schrank, 1802". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004).
"Hadena Schrank, 1802". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
Their eyes are hairy. Palpi upturned and clothed with long hairs. Third joint short. Antennae of male ciliated. Thorax squarely scaled and flattened. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on proximal segments. Tibia lack spines. Wings are short and broad. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 from cell or on a very short stalk.[3]
Ecology
Hadenalarvae often feed on the seeds of plants in the family
Caryophyllaceae, the pinks, and some of the adult moths are pollinators of Silene species.[4]Hadena moths have hairy eyes.[2]
There are about 143[4] to 149 species[2] in the genus.
Zeteolyga was a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae; it is now considered to be a synonym of Hadena.
Savela, Markku.
"Hadena Schrank, 1802". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004).
"Hadena Schrank, 1802". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved January 16, 2019.