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Falcaria Haworth, 1809

Falcaria Haworth, 1809; Lepid. Britannica (2): 152, TS: Phalaena lacertinaria Linnaeus

= Drepana Schrank, 1802; Watson, 1968, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 12: 104

Prionia Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (10): 151, TS: Phalaena lacertinaria Linnaeus

= Drepana Schrank, 1802; Watson, 1968, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 12: 104

Edapteryx Packard, 1864; Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 3: 375, TS: Edapteryx bilineata Packard

Falcaria lacertinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU, E.Asia. See [About maps] Nyhäsirppisiipi Scalloped Hook-tip Eidechsensichler Birkenwald-Sichelspinner Eidechsenschwanz Lacertine Falena lacertinaria Tandad sikelvinge csipkés sarlósszövö
Phalaena lacertinaria Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 519, TL: [Europe]
Bombyx lacertula Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend: 733 [unj. emend]
dentaria (Thunberg, 1784)
scincula (Hübner, 1800)
curvula Haworth, 1809²
aestiva Rebel, 1910²
brykaria Schulze, 1912²
takoraria Schulze, 1912²
Falcaria lacertinaria, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Falcaria lacertinaria, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Falcaria lacertinaria, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Falcaria lacertinaria, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Falcaria lacertinaria, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]

500x613 (~47Kb) male female FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, 6719:539, m 8-14.6.1986, f 17.5.1975, Markku Savela leg.

500x613 (~41Kb) male female FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, 6719:539, m 27-3.8.1975, f 22-29.7.1988, Markku Savela leg.

900x639 (~63Kb) EH: Kuhmoinen, 683:39, ex.l 8.1989, Photo 7.2.1990 © Kimmo Silvonen

Flight from latter half of May to latter half of June. Second generation from end of July to end of August.

The first and second generation generally differ in colouring, but not reliably?

Larva on Betulaceae, Betula sp., B. verrucosa, B. pubescens, Alnus incana [SPRK]

2.9.2001 (2)

References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BAMONA]

Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[Ian Kimber]

http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[Lynn Scott]

Moths of the Ottawa Area; Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[SPRK]

Seppänen, E. J, 1970; Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit, Animalia Fennica 14

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Haworth, 1809

Lepidoptera Britannica, sistens digestimen novam lepidopterorum quae in Magna Britannica reperiunter ... adjunguntur dissertationes variae ad historiam naturalam spectantes Lepid. Britannica (1): 1-136 (1803), (2): 137-376 ([1809]), (3): 377-512 ([1811]), (4): 513-609 (1828)

Hübner, [1819]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: -

Watson, 1968

The taxononomy of the Drepaninae represented in China, with an account of their world distribution (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), Suppl. 12: 151pp, 14pls

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