#2816 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Dusky Hook-tip
🇳🇱 Bruine eenstaart ·Drepana curvatula
📍 Zwolle, Netherlands
📍 1795 De Cocksdorp, Nederland
📍 Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande
📍 Slagdijk, Havelte, Drenthe, NL
📍 's-Gravenland, Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © michi1 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © onidiras-iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Anxos Romeo Barreiro · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Zwolle, Netherlands:© Phil Benstead · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 1795 De Cocksdorp, Nederland:© Anja Cervencl · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands:© l_delhaye · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Slagdijk, Havelte, Drenthe, NL:© marcangel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 's-Gravenland, Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
what is it?
The Dusky Hook-tip ( Drepana curvatula ) is a moth of the family Drepanidae. It is found from Europe to Japan.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 40 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,570 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in 1790 (236 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Dusky Hook-tip
- Nederlands
- Bruine eenstaart
- scientific name
- Drepana curvatula
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Drepanidae
- sightings in NL
- 40
- sightings in Europe
- 1,332
- sightings worldwide
- 1,570
- GBIF records in NL
- 5,740
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1790 by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen
relatives· Drepanidae
#2505 📷 10Oak Hook-tip
🇳🇱 Gele eenstaart
Watsonalla binaria
👀 225 in NL
#2588 📷 10Pebble Hook-tip
🇳🇱 Berkeneenstaart
Drepana falcataria
👀 124 in NL
#2592 📷 10Buff Arches
🇳🇱 Vuursteenvlinder
Habrosyne pyritoides
👀 123 in NL
#2621 📷 10Peach Blossom Moth
🇳🇱 Braamvlinder
Thyatira batis
👀 100 in NL
#2677 📷 10Scalloped Hook-tip
🇳🇱 Bleke eenstaart
Falcaria lacertinaria
👀 74 in NL
#2707 📷 10Chinese Character
🇳🇱 Witte eenstaart
Cilix glaucata
👀 63 in NL
#2715 📷 10Barred Hook-tip
🇳🇱 Beukeneenstaart
Watsonalla cultraria
👀 61 in NL
#2754 📷 10Figure of Eighty
🇳🇱 Peppel-orvlinder
Tethea ocularis
👀 53 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 464302, Wikidata Q1268391, GBIF 5143147, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.