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title: "Arched Hooktip Moth"
description: "Drepana arcuata — Insetos e aranhas. Drepana arcuata, the arched hooktip or masked birch caterpillar, is a moth of the family Drepanidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/arched-hooktip-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Arched Hooktip Moth

> Drepana arcuata — Insetos e aranhas. Drepana arcuata, the arched hooktip or masked birch caterpillar, is a moth of the family Drepanidae.

- Scientific name: *Drepana arcuata*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 13540
- Wikidata: [Q5306942](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5306942)
- iNaturalist taxon: [84428](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/84428)

## Names

- en: Arched Hooktip Moth
- fr: Faucille lignée

## Countries with the most observations

US (7906), CA (5243), PM (7)

## Summary

Drepana arcuata, the arched hooktip or masked birch caterpillar, is a moth of the family Drepanidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island, south to at least North Carolina, South Carolina and California.
The wingspan is 24–40 millimetres (0.94–1.57 in). 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, which they may use as a medium to communicate. Sound is produced by shaking their bodies, drumming and scraping their mouthparts, or dragging…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drepana_arcuata

## Photo

![Arched Hooktip Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/arched-hooktip-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ben Keen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124254459

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/arched-hooktip-moth?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).