Falcaria lacertinaria

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 It is found in Europe and Anatolia then east to Eastern Siberia.

Falcaria lacertinaria
Scientific classification
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

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. 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.

External links

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