Biology:Falcaria lacertinaria

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Short description: Species of hook-tip moth

Falcaria lacertinaria
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Falcaria
Species:
F. lacertinaria
Binomial name
Falcaria lacertinaria
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena lacertinaria Linnaeus, 1758
  • Bombyx lacertula Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Geometra dentaria Thunberg, 1784
  • Drepana scincula Hübner, 1800
  • Drepana curvula Haworth, 1809
  • Drepana aestiva Rebel, 1910
  • Drepana brykaria Schulze, 1912
  • Drepana takoraria Schulze, 1912
  • Falcaria lacertinaria f. erosula Laspeyres, 1803
  • Drepana dimidiata Tengström, 1869
  • Falcaria lacertinaria ab. interpres Schulze, 1912
  • Falcaria lacertinaria ab. fasciata Lempke, 1938
  • Falcaria lacertinaria ab. impuncta Lempke, 1938
  • Falcaria lacertinaria ab. conjuncta Richardson, 1952
  • Falcaria lacertinaria f. approximata Lempke, 1960
  • Falcaria lacertinaria f. obscura Lempke, 1960

Falcaria lacertinaria, the scalloped hook-tip, is a moth of the family Drepanidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae[1] It is found in Europe and Anatolia then east to Eastern Siberia.


Description

The wingspan is 27–35 mm. The forewings are ochreous,mixed and strigulated with dark fuscous. The veins are darker . The first and second lines are dark fuscous, nearly straight and parallel.There is a black discal dot and the wing apex is suffused with ochreous-brown. The termen is irregularly dentate. The cilia are blackish, spotted with white.The hind wings are whitish- ochreous, fuscous -sprinkled and posteriorly brownish -tinged with a faint grey postmedian line and a dark fuscous discal dot.The larva is ochreous-brown, darker marked. The dorsal line is anteriorly pale, dark-edged, posteriorly dark and interrupted. There are two blackish dorsal marks on segment 6, preceded by a pale area and pairs of tubercular prominences on 3, 4, and 12.[2] The first generation may be more silvery-grey, the second generation smaller and lighter brown.

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Biology

The moth flies from April to August in two generations depending on the location.

  • Caterpillar

  • Falcaria lacertinaria.jpg

The larvae feed on birch and alder.

References

  1. ↑ "65.001 BF1645 Scalloped Hook-tip Falcaria lacertinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)". https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=567. Retrieved 7 August 2018. 
  2. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q865503 entry




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