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Noctuidae : Hadeninae

Varied Coronet

HADENA ( Hadena) compta ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
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Description
Wingspan: 25-30mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe : Turkey
UK Distribution: First recorded breeding in Dover 1948,since has spread to Southern England,East Anglia and the Midlands north to Yorkshire and west to Gloucestershire
UK Conservation Status -
  • Common = >300 10Km Squares
European Conservation Status -
  • Least Concern
Original Species Name -
  • Phalaena (Noctua) compta ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Type Species - Hadena
  • Noctua capsincola ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Type Locality -
  • Austria-near Vienna
Flight Period: Usually single brooded July-August, although a second a partial brood is found often in the south
Habitat: Woodlands : Calcareous grasslands : Gardens
Similar Species -
  • Marbled Coronet Hadena confusa (Hufnagel, 1766)
Larva: Viewed  from above-the larva has a brown central lateral line with brown dots either side of the line on the abdominal segments. Two fine brown lateral lines appear at the outer edges.Viewed fro side-below the spiracle line the background colour is buff and above light brown.
The larva firstly lives inside seed capsules of the larval food plant before eventually feeding at night and hiding by day.Larva-July to September
Pupa: Lives in a cocoon underground.
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: The Varied Coronet H. compta is a beautifully marked moth in black,white and brown and is similar to the southern version of the Marbled Coronet H. confusa, but can be identified by the white median line which travels from dorsum to costa.

The moth was first recorded as an immigrant back in the 19th century but it was only in 1948 that the moth was first recorded breeding in Dover.
It has now spread rapidly across Southern England,East Anglia and the Midlands.

The moth is attracted to the light trap and feeds on flowers.

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Larval Food Plants Worldwide
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Type Locality:
Animalia
Eumetozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuoidea
Noctuidae
Hadeninae
Hadenini
Hadena Schrank 1802
Hadena Schrank 1802
Hadena (Hadena) compta ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
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Noctua capsincola ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
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NOCTUA compta ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
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Hadena Schrank 1802
= Caeshadena Beck 1991
= Dianthoecia Boisduval 1834
= Maghadena Beck 1991
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Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend : Title Page : p.70 - n. 5
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Austria-near Vienna