Drepana cultraria
Species of hook-tip moth
Drepana cultraria | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Drepanidae |
Genus: | Drepana |
Species: | D. cultraria |
Binomial name | |
Drepana cultraria (Fabricius, 1775)[1] | |
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Drepana cultraria, the barred hook-tip, is a moth of the family Drepanidae and part of Drepana subgenus Watsonalla.[2] It is found in southern and central Europe.
The wingspan is 20–28 mm. The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.
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The larvae feed on Fagus species.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Watsonalla cultraria.
- "65.003 BF1647 Barred Hook-tip Watsonalla cultraria (Fabricius, 1775)". UKMoths. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
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