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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;

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

The larvae feed on birch and alder.

References

^ "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