Drepanidae. Six species in this family know as Hook-tips Home


Common Name Latin Name Food plant(s) Description
Scalloped Hook-tip   Falcaria lacertinaria   Birch   Greenish-brown, mottled, last segment raised into point. Widely distributed
Oak Hook-tip   Drepana binaria   Oak   Ocherous, paler diamond marking dorsally, twin-pointed structure on third segment. Most parts of England and Wales
Barred Hook-tip   Drepana cultraria   Beech   Similar to above, hump is smaller. Southern England
Pebble Hook-tip   Drepana falcataria   Birch and alder   Bluish-green with ocherous and brown markings, twin humps on segments two to five. Widespread
Dusky Hook-tip   Drepana curvatula   Birch, alder and oak   Green laterally, dorsally brown with purple tinge, pairs of small reddish projections which have short black hairs, white spiracles ringed with black. Immigrant species
Scarce Hook-tip   Sabra harpagula   Small-leaved lime   Brown, greenish-yellow dorsal saddle markings. Local in the mature woods of Monmouth and Gloucester
Chinese Character   Cilix glaucata   Hawthorn, blackthorn, bramble, apple and pear   Variegated with reddish-brown and brownish-grey, raised hump on segment three. Distributed in England, Wales, southern Scotland and Ireland