#2588 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Pebble Hook-tip
🇳🇱 Berkeneenstaart ·Drepana falcataria
📍 Belmonte Arboretum, Wageningen, Gelderland, NL
📍 Drunen, Nederland
📍 7261 KS Ruurlo, Nederland
📍 Westvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
📍 Meijendel and Berkheide, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, NL
📍 Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © anonymous · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Tatyana Zarubo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Nigel Voaden · CC BY 4.0
- 5. Belmonte Arboretum, Wageningen, Gelderland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 6. Drunen, Nederland:© floris_heemskerk · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 7261 KS Ruurlo, Nederland:© Benno te Linde · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Westvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© kjdekoning · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Meijendel and Berkheide, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, NL:© jaap_engberts · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Schiermonnikoog, Niederlande:© Jaro Schacht · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The Pebble Hook-tip ( Drepana falcataria ) is a moth of the family Drepanidae. It is found in Europe, through Siberia to East Asia.
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 124 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 5,906 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Pebble Hook-tip
- Nederlands
- Berkeneenstaart
- scientific name
- Drepana falcataria
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Drepanidae
- sightings in NL
- 124
- sightings in Europe
- 5,333
- sightings worldwide
- 5,906
- GBIF records in NL
- 17,693
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Drepanidae
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Watsonalla binaria
👀 225 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
#2760 📷 10Common Lutestring
🇳🇱 Tweestip-orvlinder
Ochropacha duplaris
👀 52 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 324216, Wikidata Q1225579, GBIF 5143129, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.