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Scalloped Hook-tip
Falcaria lacertinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Drepanidae: Drepaninae
1645 / 65.001
Photo © Peter Hall

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Beautiful Hook-tip
Laspeyria flexula
Forewing: 14-18mm
Flight: Two generations. May - June, July - August
Foodplant:   Downy Birch, Silver Birch
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1

A common resident throughout the region.

Found in birch woodland and heathland.

Comes readily to light but can also be disturbed during the day from its foodplant. Overwinters as a pupa.

Recorded in 75 (54%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1853.
Last Recorded in 2023.
(Data up to end 2023)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2023)
Date#VC10k Area
23/08/2023139SJ85 - Biddulph/Kidsgrove
17/08/2023140SO48 - Craven Arms
16/08/2023139SJ85 - Biddulph/Kidsgrove
16/08/2023139SJ90 - Fordhouses/Wolverhampton
15/08/2023139SJ85 - Biddulph/Kidsgrove
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