Drepana curvatula, the dusky hook-tip, is a moth of the family Drepanidae.[1] It was first described by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in 1790 and it is found from Europe to Japan.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Drepana |
| Species: | D. curvatula
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| Drepana curvatula (Borkhausen, 1790)
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The wingspan is 34–42 mm. The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on alder, oak and birch.
Subspecies
edit- Drepana curvatula curvatula (Europe)
- Drepana curvatula acuta Butler, 1881 (Japan, south-eastern Russia, Kuril Islands, Korea, China: Manchuria)
References
edit- ^ "65.004 BF1649 Dusky Hook-tip Drepana curvatula (Borkhausen, 1790)". UKMoths. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
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