Falcaria lacertinaria

Falcaria lacertinaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Falcaria
Species:	F. lacertinaria
Binomial name
Falcaria lacertinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Phalaena lacertinariaLinnaeus, 1758 Bombyx lacertulaDenis & Schiffermüller, 1775 Geometra dentariaThunberg, 1784 Drepana scinculaHübner, 1800 Drepana curvulaHaworth, 1809 Drepana aestivaRebel, 1910 Drepana brykariaSchulze, 1912 Drepana takorariaSchulze, 1912 Falcaria lacertinaria f. erosulaLaspeyres, 1803 Drepana dimidiataTengström, 1869 Falcaria lacertinaria ab. interpresSchulze, 1912 Falcaria lacertinaria ab. fasciataLempke, 1938 Falcaria lacertinaria ab. impunctaLempke, 1938 Falcaria lacertinaria ab. conjunctaRichardson, 1952 Falcaria lacertinaria f. approximataLempke, 1960 Falcaria lacertinaria f. obscuraLempke, 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.

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

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.

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The larvae feed on birch and alder.

References

1. "65.001 BF1645 Scalloped Hook-tip Falcaria lacertinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)". UKMoths. 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

• Fauna Europaea
• Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived 2016-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
• Vlindernet.nl (in Dutch)