Scalloped Hook-tip (Falcaria lacertinaria) - iMoths


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Scalloped Hook-tip
Falcaria lacertinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Drepanidae : Drepaninae

1645 / 65.001

Photo © Melissa Banthorpe, Coopers Hill NR 30/04/2010

Similar Bedfordshire Species
Beautiful Hook-tip Laspeyria flexula

Forewing:	14-18mm.
Flight:	Two Generations. Apr-Jun. Jul-Aug.
Foodplant:	Downy Birch, Silver Birch.
Red List:	Least Concern (LC)
GB Status:	Common
Verification Grade: Adult: 1

Bedfordshire status
Common resident

Verification Grade Comment: Acceptable flight time in county: 15 April to 20 August - a photo will be required if reported outside these dates

Recorded in 17 (77%) of 22 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1918.
Last Recorded in 2024.

Latest 5 Records
Date	#	VC	10k Area
11/05/2024	1	30	TL04 - Bedford (South), Kempston
24/07/2023	1	30	TL14 - Biggleswade (West), Sandy
07/05/2023	1	30	TL04 - Bedford (South), Kempston
23/08/2022	1	30	TL24 - Biggleswade (East), Potton
28/07/2022	1	30	TL13 - Shefford, Henlow, Shillington

Further info: Falcaria lacertinaria