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Hadena albimacula (Borkhausen, 1792)
Phalaena albimacula Borkhausen, 1792; Naturges. Eur. Schmett. 4: 149; TL: Vienna region. Text at https://archive.org/details/naturgeschichtev417bork/page/149/mode/1up (in German).
https://www.pieris.ch/seiten/main.php?page=art&art=noct_albimacula
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/483445-Hadena-albimacula
https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Hadena_albimacula
Hadena Schrank, 1802 species known from India (Joshi et al, 2025).
Hadena (Anepia) perplexa plantei Hacker, 1993. India: (Ladakh (TL).
Hadena (Hadena) albimacula (Borkhausen, 1792). India: Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh.
Hadena (Hadena) canescens pura Hacker, 1996. India: (Ladakh (TL).
Hadena (Hadena) netuna Guenée, 1852. India: Central India (TL).
Hadena (Hadena) niveifera (Hampson, 1906). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Shimla).
Joshi, R., Raha, A., Bandyopadhyay, U., Bhattacharyya, K. and Singh, N., 2025. A catalogue of Noctuidae Latreille, 1809 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) from India. Zootaxa, 5669(1), pp.1-225.
The other 3 species from Himalayan examined below.
Hadena (Anepia) perplexa plantei Hacker, 1993
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/357390-Hadena-perplexa
Hadena niveifera (Hampson, 1906).
Euplexia niveifera Hampson, 1906; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 17 (2): 469; TL: Simla. Text at https://archive.org/details/journalofbombayn17190607bomb/page/469/mode/1up
Does not have large white discal spot.
Landry, 2020. La collection Jacques Plante de Noctuidae. Première partie. Noctuinae et Hadeninae Mém. Soc. phys.-hist. nat. Genéve 49 (1) : 1-340.
Hadena canescens (Brandt, 1947)
https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Hadena_canescens
GI: Agree Hadena albimacula (Borkhausen, 1792)
UK: Agree with the ID
Phalaena albimacula Borkhausen, 1792; Naturges. Eur. Schmett. 4: 149; TL: Vienna region. Text at https://archive.org/details/naturgeschichtev417bork/page/149/mode/1up (in German).
https://www.pieris.ch/seiten/main.php?page=art&art=noct_albimacula
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/483445-Hadena-albimacula
https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Hadena_albimacula
Hadena Schrank, 1802 species known from India (Joshi et al, 2025).
Hadena (Anepia) perplexa plantei Hacker, 1993. India: (Ladakh (TL).
Hadena (Hadena) albimacula (Borkhausen, 1792). India: Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh.
Hadena (Hadena) canescens pura Hacker, 1996. India: (Ladakh (TL).
Hadena (Hadena) netuna Guenée, 1852. India: Central India (TL).
Hadena (Hadena) niveifera (Hampson, 1906). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Shimla).
Joshi, R., Raha, A., Bandyopadhyay, U., Bhattacharyya, K. and Singh, N., 2025. A catalogue of Noctuidae Latreille, 1809 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) from India. Zootaxa, 5669(1), pp.1-225.
The other 3 species from Himalayan examined below.
Hadena (Anepia) perplexa plantei Hacker, 1993
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/357390-Hadena-perplexa
Hadena niveifera (Hampson, 1906).
Euplexia niveifera Hampson, 1906; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 17 (2): 469; TL: Simla. Text at https://archive.org/details/journalofbombayn17190607bomb/page/469/mode/1up
Does not have large white discal spot.
Landry, 2020. La collection Jacques Plante de Noctuidae. Première partie. Noctuinae et Hadeninae Mém. Soc. phys.-hist. nat. Genéve 49 (1) : 1-340.
Hadena canescens (Brandt, 1947)
https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Hadena_canescens
GI: Agree Hadena albimacula (Borkhausen, 1792)
UK: Agree with the ID
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Sanjay Sondhi
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