Family:
Drepanidae
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| 1645 |
Scalloped
Hook-tip |
Falcaria
lacertinaria |
Wingspan
27-35mm |
1 |
©Peter Tilley
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| Status: |
Resident,
common throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Woodland,
scrub, bogs and gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Downy
Birch, Silver Birch |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa within a papery cocoon attached to plant stems |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1646 |
Oak
Hook-tip |
Drepana
binaria |
Wingspan
18-30mm |
3 |
©Peter Tilley
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| Status: |
Resident,
common throughout Britain, mainly in lowlands and near the
coast |
| Habitat: |
Oak
woodland, parls and gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Pendunculate
Oak, Sessile Oak and Turkey Oak |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon spun in a folded leaf |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1647 |
Barred
Hook-tip |
Drepana
cultraria |
Wingspan
20-28mm |
1 |
©Peter Tilley
|
| Status: |
Resident,
common in a line south fron the Severn to the Wash |
| Habitat: |
Beech
woods |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Beech |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a white cocoon in a beech leaf |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1648 |
Pebble
Hook-tip |
Drepana
falcataria |
Wingspan
27-35mm |
3 |
©Peter Tilley
|
| Status: |
Resident,
common throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Woodland,
heathland, Birch scrub and town gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Downy
Birch, Silver Birch and Alder |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon between leaves |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 1651 |
Chinese
Character |
Cilix
glaucata |
Wingspan
18-22mm |
270 |
©Peter Tilley
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| Status: |
Resident,
widespread throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Hedgerows,
scrub and open woodland |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Blackthorn,
Hawthorn |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon attached to leaves or bark |
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| Flight
Period |
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