65.002 BF1646 – Oak Hook-tip – Drepanidae – Watsonalla binaria
Oak Hook-tip – Drepanidae – Drepaninae – Watsonalla binaria – colour code •
STATUS – Last recorded 2022 – A resident in Derbyshire that is widely distributed and not uncommon at a few local sites in the lowland areas of the county.
ID POINTERS – A very distinctive and rather attractive looking orange-brown moth with “hook-tips” to the forewing, two well defined pale orange cross-lines and two central black spots also on the forewing and a small black dot on each hind wing.
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing – May – June and a second generation July – September.
IMAGES – Melbourne; – Images by Tony Davison©
Oak Hook-tip
