65.001 Falcaria lacertinaria (Scalloped Hook-tip)
ws: 14-18mm; bivoltine Apr-Jun, Jul-Aug; silver/downy birch (Betula pendula/pubescens); common throughout GB
Falcaria lacertinaria (Scalloped Hook-tip) §6 male
ID: Irregularly scalloped forewing termen, two dark cross-lines, small dark central dot; rests with wings tectiform. First generation may be more silvery-grey, second generation smaller and lighter brown. Laspeyria flexula (Beautiful Hook-tip) [Family: Erebidae] has similar markings but rests with wings flat, has only two projections of the forewing termen and has two central dots on each forewing.
§1 Sutton Fen, Norfolk; 23/07/2008; fw 17.0mm
§2 New Forest, Hampshire; 30/05/2010
§3 Kinlochleven, Argyll; 04/07/2011
§4 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 18/07/2012; male
§5 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 16/07/2012; female (antenna only)
§6 New Forest, Hampshire; 31/08/2013; fw 14.5mm; male
§7 Winterton, Norfolk; 15/05/2015; male; fw 16.9mm; to light
§8 Orlestone Forest, kent; 18/05/2020; male; fw 15.7mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 New Forest, Hampshire; 30/05/2010
§3 Kinlochleven, Argyll; 04/07/2011
§4 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 18/07/2012; male
§5 Glen Urquart, Inverness-shire; 16/07/2012; female (antenna only)
§6 New Forest, Hampshire; 31/08/2013; fw 14.5mm; male
§7 Winterton, Norfolk; 15/05/2015; male; fw 16.9mm; to light
§8 Orlestone Forest, kent; 18/05/2020; male; fw 15.7mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 20/09/2014 (§1-6) | §7 added 01/04/2016 | §8 added 17/01/2021
