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Hadena irregularis (Viper's Bugloss)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Viper's Bugloss (Hadena irregularis) is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe. The wingspan is 32–36 mm. The moth flies from July to August depending on the location. The larvae feed on Silene otites and Gypsophila species. In 1998 the United Kingdom government removed Hadena irregularis from schedule 5 (animals) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981 as it is believed to be extinct. The cause of extinction has been hypothesised to be destruction of habitat, primarily the food source, which in the United Kingdom was limited to Spanish catch-fly (Silene otites).
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Breckland 18652 England, United Kingdom
Kyffhäuser - Badraer Schweiz - Solwiesen 8357 Germany  
Solway Firth 107829 England/Scotland, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Echium salmanticum (blueweed)[1]
Silene flos-cuculi (ragged robin)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

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Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0