{{Short description|Species of moth}} {{Speciesbox | name = | image = Hadena perplexa.jpg | taxon = Hadena perplexa | authority = (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) | synonyms = {{collapsible list| *''Anepia perplexa'' *''Noctua perplexa'' <small>Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775</small> *''Phalaena (Noctua) lepida'' <small>Esper, 1790</small> *''Phalaena (Noctua) carpophaga'' <small>Brahm, 1791</small> *''Phalaena (Noctua) carpophaga'' <small>Borkhausen, 1792</small> *''Noctua ochracea'' <small>Haworth, 1809</small> *''Dianthoecia capsophila'' <small>Duponchel, 1842</small> *''Miselia nisus'' <small>Germar, 1842</small> *''Opigena repanda'' <small>Herrich-Schäffer, 1850</small> *''Miselia atlas'' <small>Prout, 1928</small> *''Dianthoecia capsophila f. sicula'' <small>Draudt, 1933</small> }}}}

'''''Hadena perplexa''''', also known as the '''tawny shears''' or '''pod lover''', is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae found in Asia, Europe and North Africa. It was first described, in 1775, by the Austrian lepidopterists Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller from a type specimen found in the Vienna District of Austria.

==Technical description and variation== {{Entomology glossary hatnote}} The wingspan is 27–36&nbsp;mm. Forewing olive grey brown or olive ochreous, clouded with darker; claviform stigma large, dark; orbicular and reniform with brown centres and white rings outlined with black; some black toothlike marks before submarginal line; hindwing dirty grey, darker towards termen; the veins dark. This darker form is the usual one throughout Europe; but is replaced in Britain by ''ochracea'' Haw. which is pale ochraceous with slightly darker markings; examples with an actually white ground colour are found on the chalk of the South of England, ab. ''pallida'' Tutt on the other hand, the darkest forms of ''ochracea'' Haw., with few markings but uniform in coloration, are known as ''brunnea'' Tutt.<ref>Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 ''Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde'', Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914</ref>

==Similar species== *''Hadena bicruris'' ==Biology== Adults are on wing from February to May in one generation in Israel. In Europe flying from April to June, depending on the microclimate of the habitat locality bivoltine, flying from April to June and from August to September. thumb|right|200px|Larva

Larva pale putty colour, with the lines indistinct. The larvae feed on the flowers and seeds of ''Dianthus'' and campion (''Silene'') species. Other recorded food plants include sticky catchfly (''Viscaria vulgaris'').<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/hostplants/ |title= Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.|date= 2023|doi= 10.5519/havt50xw|last1= Robinson|first1= Gaden S.|last2= Ackery|first2= Phillip R.|last3= Kitching|first3= Ian|last4= Beccaloni|first4= George W.|last5= Hernández|first5= Luis M.|publisher= Natural History Museum}}</ref> The larvae pupates just below the surface in a fragile cocoon

===Subspecies=== *''Hadena perplexa perplexa'' *''Hadena perplexa paghmana'' (Afghanistan) *''Hadena perplexa plantei'' *''Hadena perplexa capsophila''

==Distribution== The moth has been reported from Africa, Asia and Europe. In North Africa it has been recorded from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia; in Asia it has been found in Turkey, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iran, Iraq, northern Asia, Central Asia, northern India and western China and found in all of Europe.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Hadena perplexa'' (Denis & Schiffermüller) 1775 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1787610 |website=Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) |access-date=19 August 2024}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Hadena_Perplexa Lepiforum] *[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/hadeninae/hadena/index.html Funet] Taxonomy *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120920194022/http://redalyc.uaemex.mx/redalyc/pdf/455/45514005.pdf Hadeninae of Israel] *[https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=2167 UKmoths]

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Category:Hadena Category:Moths described in 1775 Category:Moths of Africa Category:Moths of Asia Category:Moths of Europe Category:Taxa named by Michael Denis Category:Taxa named by Ignaz Schiffermüller