Drepana arcuata

Drepana arcuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Drepana
Species: D. arcuata
Binomial name
Drepana arcuata
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • Drepana fabula (Grote, 1862)
  • Drepana genicula (Grote, 1862)
  • Drepana grotei Barnes & Benjamin, 1922
  • Drepana arcuata siculifer Packard, 1872
  • Drepana arcuata alaskensis Barnes & Benjamin, 1922

The Arched Hooktip or Masked Birch Caterpillar (Drepana arcuata) is a moth of the Drepanidae family.[1] It is found from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island, south to at least North Carolina, South Carolina and California.

The wingspan is 24–40 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-May through late-July. There is one generation per year in the north.

The larvae feed on Betula papyrifera and Alnus species.

References

  1. "Species info". Entomology.ualberta.ca. Retrieved 2011-12-19.

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