Falcaria lacertinaria

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;

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 edit

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 edit

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

Caterpillar

The larvae feed on birch and alder.

References edit

^ "65.001 BF1645 Scalloped Hook-tip Falcaria lacertinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)". UKMoths. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
^ 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 edit

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

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[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

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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