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Drepana curvatula
Species of hook-tip moth / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Drepana curvatula, the dusky hook-tip, is a moth of the family Drepanidae.[1] It was first described by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in 1790 and it is found from Europe to Japan.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Drepanidae |
Genus: | Drepana |
Species: | D. curvatula |
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Drepana curvatula (Borkhausen, 1790) | |
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The wingspan is 34–42 mm. The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on alder, oak and birch.
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