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Pebble Hook-tip  Drepana falcataria (Adult)

Littleborough, Lancashire

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1648 Pebble Hook-tip Drepana falcataria

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Wingspan 27-35 mm.

The largest and commonest of the 'hook-tips', found over most of Britain in woodland and heaths.

The adults fly at night from May to June and have a second brood in August.

The larvae feed usually on birch (Betula), but sometimes on alder (Alnus glutinosa).